Places joseramirez Wants to Go

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

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

Don't miss the xylotheque (a library of wood) at this museum devoted to cork.

A chunk of the "true cross" is held in this small Portuguese church where modern day exorcisms are said to be common place.

Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This historic cemetery is home to the largest private mausoleum in Europe.

Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.

This museum in the famously blue neighborhood of Sidi Bou Saïd showcases a traditional Tunisian lifestyle.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

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

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

Some 4,000 individual tiles make up this striking blue billboard from the golden age of air travel.

The corpse bride of Portugal.

The defense built to protect one of the last found pieces of land on Earth.

This architectural beauty is the home to a personal collection of more than 600 examples of mechanical musical instruments.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

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

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