Places joseramirez Wants to Go

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

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

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

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

This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.

A tomb in this cemetery holds soil from every country in Latin America.

An old slave lookout in Cuba's historic sugar cane fields.

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

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

At this Nashville restaurant, cheese and charcuterie arrive via conveyor belt.

The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.

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

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.

Standing 26 feet high and 13 feet in diameter, is this the world’s smallest volcano?

The history of drinking is told through 1,800 cups, chalices, and glasses at this exhibit.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

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

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