In addition to showing films, this one-screen arthouse cinema from the late 1940s is a museum of old film equipment.

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

This museum contains a vast array of puppets and marionettes from all over the world, featuring incredible works by Portuguese creators.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

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

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

New York's oldest magic store.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.