Places mjtamara Wants to Go

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

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

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

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

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

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This historic cemetery is home to the largest private mausoleum in Europe.

This oddly shaped church resembles a rocket.

This museum contains a vast array of puppets and marionettes from all over the world, featuring incredible works by Portuguese creators.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

This museum is dedicated to the most famous Irish writers in history.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.