Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

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

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

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

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

The corpse bride of Portugal.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

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

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

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.

The "Little Ones," show Portugal in full miniature splendor.

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

This ship offers visitors the chance to spend the night aboard a former floating hospital for fishermen.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.