A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.

Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.

The former home of a Portuguese poet, artist, and collector is packed to the brim with art.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

A scientific observatory managed the largest Portuguese astronomy research unit.

Feast on buckets of garlicky snails.

Some 4,000 individual tiles make up this striking blue billboard from the golden age of air travel.

A small sanctuary carved into the mountainside near the tallest point in continental Portugal.

An architectural gem nestled into a promontory overlooking a prehistoric landscape.

One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.

Bits of flat terrain surrounded by cliffs make one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Azores.

These narrow stone granaries have been used to store and dry out grain for hundreds of years.

Step back in time at this 19th-century kiosk.

Panoramic views from the mountains over a facility built to provide tuberculosis patients with fresh mountain air.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.