A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

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.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

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

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

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

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world