A sense of bewilderment encounters visitors when they happen upon this former railway bridge.

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.

Tel Aviv's popular neighborhood went though endless waves of transformation.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An ornate aviary built during the Victorian trend of collecting exotic birds.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

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

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

A museum dedicated to one of Portugal's most celebrated writers.

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

For a century and a half, this great beech stood bearing a carefully carved 20-line poem. Now this stone and plaque are all that remain.