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

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

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

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an eighth-century Buddhist master.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

This garden is very fertile.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.