Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

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

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

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

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

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

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

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

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

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