A chunk of the "true cross" is held in this small Portuguese church where modern day exorcisms are said to be common place.

An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

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

The corpse bride of Portugal.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.