Places andradaboldis Wants to Go

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

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

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

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

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

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

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

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

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

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

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

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

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 enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."