Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

The world's largest historic armory was established by independent citizens to defend themselves from the wars of larger forces.

Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

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

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

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

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

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

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

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

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

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

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.