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

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

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

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

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

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

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.