Places Carrion Wants to Go

This oddly shaped church resembles a rocket.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

The devil-defying mark left by a saint as a boy is visible inside Lisbon's cathedral.

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

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.

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

Arrogance and quarreling are forbidden near these three sacred waterfalls.

This stunning waterfall is the backdrop to a site that has seen continuous human habitation for 250,000 years.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

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

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

Ancient stone graves shaped like ships provided a Viking-like burial to carry the dead to the afterlife.

A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.

This 16th-century mosque is the hallmark of the African architectural legacy in India.