As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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.

This museum contains a vast array of puppets and marionettes from all over the world, featuring incredible works by Portuguese creators.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

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

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

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

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

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

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

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

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

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

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

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

Abandoned waterpark turned counter-culture mecca.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.