Places asdonkar Wants to Go

A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

Rainwater transformed this old quarry into a peaceful pond you won't find in most tourist books.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

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

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

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

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

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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.