This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

Originally used to sell brandy, the bull-shaped billboard became an iconic symbol of Spain.

This funky former tobacco factory is one of the most striking examples of Madrid's cultural diversity.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.