Places INK Wants to Go

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

This museum contains a vast array of puppets and marionettes from all over the world, featuring incredible works by Portuguese creators.

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

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

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

The corpse bride of Portugal.

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

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

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.

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

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

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

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

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

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

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

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

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

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.