The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

Feast on buckets of garlicky snails.

In addition to showing films, this one-screen arthouse cinema from the late 1940s is a museum of old film equipment.

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

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

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

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

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

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

A five-square-mile slice of Spain on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The loneliest island in New York.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."