Places alanbrett Wants to Go

This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

More than a century old, this cast iron bridge on the Balmoral Estate leads to nowhere.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

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.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

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

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

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

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.