Places curly nomad Wants to Go

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

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

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

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

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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

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

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.

The opulent car collection of an eccentric Sheikh housed in his own private pyramid.