This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

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

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.