A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

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

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

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

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

Colorful power station with a chimney equipped with a gallery for exhaust monitoring equipment.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

A cableway for car transport.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

First museum dedicated to the research and history of Epilepsy.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

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

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

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