A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Mound of stones marking the burial site of the world's most famous orca.

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

On a trail in Portugal's Barão de São João National Forest, a pile of faces look up at hikers from the forest floor.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

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

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

These curious rocks located in the Lake District include several strange inscriptions of famous names.