Tools, pottery, and mummies showcase the history of La Palma's native people.

You can soak in three relaxing pools filled daily by the tide.

Indigenous cultures believed all life would end if this enormous rock toppled.

A series of well-preserved ruins show the culture of the ancient Benehoaritas people.

This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.

Several petroglyphs are all that remain of an ancient pyramid.

A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

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

Rainwater transformed this old quarry into a peaceful pond you won't find in most tourist books.

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

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

One artist's collection of homemade handicrafts doubles as a monument to 20th-century material culture.

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

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

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.

As the highest point in the Mid-Atlantic range this stratovolcano offers spectacular views.

On the cliffs of São Jorge in the Azores stand the remains of a lighthouse that was struck by a series of earthquakes.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

Five painted skeletons are hiding behind a church in this tiny village in the Italian Alps.

This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).