Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

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

An architectural gem nestled into a promontory overlooking a prehistoric landscape.

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

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

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

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

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

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

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

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

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

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.

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

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This sculpture, residing in a quiet corner of a London park, honors the victims of 9/11.

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.

The now-quiet remains of coastal artillery defenses that were used in both World Wars.