Places bethanyherron Wants to Go

Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

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

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

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

Disturbing winged beings decorate the walls of this strange abandoned hermitage.

A cheese discovery made by shepherds became the pride of a region.

1,300 chamber pots and their eccentric collector.

One of Europe's largest groups of dolmens remains largely off the typical tourist track.

A fortress off the West coast of Portugal that dates back to 1502.

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

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

A glacial valley filled with silver beech trees in the mountains of Portugal.

Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.

An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.

The "Little Ones," show Portugal in full miniature splendor.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

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

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

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