These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

This breathtakingly beautiful botanical garden is home to a mob of wonderful wallabies.

This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.

This desolate boat was once a key form of public transportation for Portslade residents.

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

It was once the longest continuously running cinema in the United Kingdom.

Poet William Blake penned some of his most famous work during his brief stay at this beloved country cottage.

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

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

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

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

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

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

An 11th-century medieval castle cascades over the town of Numão.

These rock drawings in the Côa Valley also create an ancient optical illusion.

An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.