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

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

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

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

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.

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

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

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Lumps of significant stone from around the world surround a flaming monument for peace.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

The magic's in the hole!

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.