A museum dedicated to one of Portugal's most celebrated writers.

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

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

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

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

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

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.

This abandoned hospital village was once viewed as an innovative way to deal with mental illness.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.

A sculpture dedicated to the Roman history steeped in a Scottish town.

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

Andrew Carnegie funded the building of almost 3,000 libraries across the world, this was the first.

One of Edinburgh's most popular works of street art is located well off the beaten path.

These sculptures of various animals adorn the building that houses one of the capital's least known museums.

Aside from denoting a public square or market, this medieval structure was also a sign of a town's prosperity.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.