Places ayshazackria Wants to Go

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.

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

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

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

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

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.

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

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

Pittsburgh's literal underground railroad.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

India's first open-air public art district sits in the heart of the country's capital.

World's most expensive home.

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.