Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

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

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

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

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

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.