Covilha, Portugal
Miradouro do Sanatório (Sanatorium Viewpoint)
Panoramic views from the mountains over a facility built to provide tuberculosis patients with fresh mountain air.
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Covilha, Portugal
Panoramic views from the mountains over a facility built to provide tuberculosis patients with fresh mountain air.
Loriga, Portugal
A glacial valley filled with silver beech trees in the mountains of Portugal.
Ribadavia, Spain
The building hides in plain sight in Ribadavia's historic Jewish quarter.
Bande, Spain
In Spain, the ruins of a Roman military camp sit along a flooded section of a river.
Portomarín, Spain
This stop on the Camino de Santiago stands high above the underwater ruins of a medieval town.
Ponferrada, Spain
This former power station is now a museum dedicated to the region's coal-producing history.
Rodalquilar, Spain
This abandoned gold mine found a second life as a post-apocalyptic film set.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal
This impressive rupestrian engraving dates back to the Upper Palaeolithic period.
Cabezón de la Sal, Spain
An out-of-place grove of sequoias thrives in northern Spain.
Seia, Portugal
Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.
Alcantarilha, Portugal
This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.
Marvão, Portugal
An abandoned anti-smuggling station decays along the boundary between Portugal and Spain.
Oviedo, Spain
This Bronze Age man spent millennia buried in a mine, giving his bones an eerie hue.
Cangas del Narcea, Spain
Head to the mountains to catch a glimpse of Spain's endangered subspecies of brown bear.
Asturias, Spain
See replicas of Europe's most famous cave paintings and even some of the animals that feature in the art.
Candamo, Spain
A prehistoric cave in Spain contains paintings dating back to the Ice Age.
Yeres, Spain
Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.
Cabanas, Spain
This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.
Brión, Spain
The mysterious remains of a martyred teenage saint are venerated inside a small country chapel.
Torrelavega, Spain
This magnificent brick dome was made with an unusual design method.
Colares, Portugal
The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.
Ronda, Spain
One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.
A Coruña, Spain
Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.
Camelle, Spain
Open air sculptures by an eccentric and loin-clothed hermit.