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This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.