It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

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

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

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

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

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

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

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

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

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

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

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.