Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

This architectural beauty is the home to a personal collection of more than 600 examples of mechanical musical instruments.

One of the few places in Portugal where the Celtic ritual of wearing large wooden masks is still practiced.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

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

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

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

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

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

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

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

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

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

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

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

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.