Places Jane August Wants to Go

The gambling entrepreneur who built a city was also an avid collector of classic cars.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

This abandoned naval battery stood at the ready as recently as the 1980s.

This small, lush island has a long and bloody history.

The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.

This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.

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

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Kitschy nautical-themed bar has offered mermaid shows and underwater ballet since 1956.

An icon of the city, this chapel features an amazing dome ceiling and offers panoramic views.

This ship offers visitors the chance to spend the night aboard a former floating hospital for fishermen.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

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

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.

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