This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

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

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

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

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

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

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

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.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

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

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

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

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

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

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

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

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.