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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

Disturbing winged beings decorate the walls of this strange abandoned hermitage.

Remote, beautiful, and stigmatized, Las Hurdes is Spain's version of Appalachia.

Images of neighbors past and present guard the streets of this charming alpine village.

An unusual but excellent display created in the 1930s as propaganda against the Freemasons.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.