The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.

Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.

An icon of the city, this chapel features an amazing dome ceiling and offers panoramic views.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

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

This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.