According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

An unexpected ghost village lurks on the southeast coast of Tenerife.

This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.

Lava stone structures possibly dating back to the 19th century may have been a stopping point for voyagers between ancient Egypt and the Mayan Civilization.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

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

A micro-communist utopia in Spain with no police, no mortgages and full employment.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

A fiery-red region of scooped out land still largely untouched by civilization, tourists or otherwise.

A series of recreated fortifications mark George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

Rainwater transformed this old quarry into a peaceful pond you won't find in most tourist books.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

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

As the highest point in the Mid-Atlantic range this stratovolcano offers spectacular views.

A chunk of the "true cross" is held in this small Portuguese church where modern day exorcisms are said to be common place.

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

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.