Places DrChopSuey Wants to Go

This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.

When this former hospital pharmacy closed in 2013 it already looked like a museum, so they turned it into one.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

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

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

The middle finger of modernity.

A museum dedicated to one of Portugal's most celebrated writers.

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

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

Sample some of Iberia’s best tinned fish at this century-old cannery just north of Porto.

This museum is home to one of the biggest collections of printing press technology—plus a river view.

Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.

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

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

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

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

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

The father of the sewing machine died broke, but this small, free museum is dedicated to the unsung inventor.

A gift from Emperor Franz Joseph I to his wife.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.