Places justcaityy Wants to Go

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

Taste the precursor of peri-peri chicken at this restaurant just outside of Lisbon.

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

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

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

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

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

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

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

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

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

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