It was an especially brutal winter during Canada's clundite gold rush.

Jack Linden didn't strike gold, but he did find what he needed to write the call of the wild.

He was really the first kind of celebrity author that they'd ever been that became rich and famous.

Richard Gremt follows the frozen footsteps of Jack Linden in Dawson City in the Yukon.

Dave Seminara travels the world in search of curiosities

and to meet unusual people worth writing home about.

I thought this is really interesting, a whole village full of witches and wizards. I got to see this.

Portugal's curvy streets are often accented by colorful ceramic tiles, but there's a new art form creating a buzz in Lisbon.

Ugly, dilapidated, grey, dark, buildings transformed into beautiful murals.

Guides from Lisbon tell us what to look for in the city's architecture.

Plus, we get a close-up look at Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris.

It's all just ahead on Travel with Rick Steves. Stay with us.

Richard Gremt explores Dawson City in the Yukon, in the winter.

He follows the trail of author Jack Linden when he tried his luck in the clundite more than 120 years ago.

And Travel writer Dave Seminara tells us about the unusual people he met while exploring the margins of the Americas.

That's coming up in just a bit.

Let's start today's Travel with Rick Steves in Portugal.

The architecture and the art of Portugal helps to tell the story of that small country squeezed between Spain and the Atlantic Ocean.

You can wander through museums showcasing classical and romantic paintings, two styles with the largest impact on Portuguese painters.

Or you can take in the beautiful blue azulezu tiles that ornament many of Portugal's buildings.

To learn more about Portugal's art and architecture, we're joined in our studio by two Portuguese guides, Christina Duartei and Raphael Préah.

Christina and Raphael, thanks for joining us.

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