A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

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

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

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

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

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

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

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

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

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

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.

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

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

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.