Places ecasey101 Wants to Go

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

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

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

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

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 charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.

This risky summer festival honors a historic volcanic eruption.

This incredibly diverse research station is one of the largest tropical botanical gardens in the world.

Fish raining from the sky are the cause of a yearly celebration in this small Honduran town.

Military artifacts from the Salvadoran Civil War are displayed in this small but notable museum.

These colorful sawdust illustrations are trampled into non-existence only moments after they are finished.

These Honduran caves earned their magical nickname thanks to reflective bone deposits.