The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

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

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

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

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

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.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

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

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

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

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.