An abandoned mining complex in Serra do Gerês.

A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.

This ship offers visitors the chance to spend the night aboard a former floating hospital for fishermen.

Panoramic views from the mountains over a facility built to provide tuberculosis patients with fresh mountain air.

This museum contains a vast array of puppets and marionettes from all over the world, featuring incredible works by Portuguese creators.

Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

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

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

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

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

Infamous and now demolished panopticon prison built by its former inhabitants.

This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.