When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

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

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

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

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

The center of this Polish border town was so thoroughly wiped out in World War II that only the foundations remain.

The majority of the highest mountain in Poland is actually located in a different country.

This mysterious and once-grand memorial still embodies a remarkable architectural vision.

This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.

Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.

Naturally formed rock city in Poland.