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

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

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

Brought to you by the makers of fiberglass dinosaurs.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A small granite monument marks where the borders of three countries meet.

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

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.

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

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

Once the scene of a young boy's home in revolt, this Norwegian island is now home to the world's first "ecological" prison.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

Europe's only museum solely dedicated to the history of whaling still has a fully-functioning whaling ship.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.