Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

The only Shinto shrine in Europe that has been officially sanctioned by Japan.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A unique military outpost carved into a rocky outcrop in the English Channel.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

A small island that was once a key Axis fortification during World War II.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.