Gigantic Romanian salt mines used to heal respiratory conditions.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.

Inside this discotheque resides a unique memorial dedicated to one club-goers favorite pet.

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.

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

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

One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.

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

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

This impressive rupestrian engraving dates back to the Upper Palaeolithic period.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

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

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

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

One artist's collection of homemade handicrafts doubles as a monument to 20th-century material culture.