Places homegeorge Wants to Go

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

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

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

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

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

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

One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.

Europe's largest collection of matchbox designs is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

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

One artist's collection of homemade handicrafts doubles as a monument to 20th-century material culture.

This impressive rupestrian engraving dates back to the Upper Palaeolithic period.

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.

These narrow stone granaries have been used to store and dry out grain for hundreds of years.

After the owner of this Art Nouveau home died, it was turned into a museum displaying a lifetime dedicated to art.

A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.

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

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

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

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

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

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.