Places kptandersen Wants to Go

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

The scorched Lisbon church that survived two earthquakes and a massive fire.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

It’s Christmas every day at Barcelona’s oldest restaurant.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

This castle was once considered as an option for the Royal Family's alternate residence, but you may know it better from the 'X-Men' movie.

The remains of Canada's earliest Chinese pioneers are interred along this picturesque point.

This stately Victorian-era burial ground overlooking the Pacific Ocean is home to the graves of some of British Columbia's most famous figures.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

First flying reptile discovered in British Columbia was for years forgotten in a cabinet.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.