Places krisfreedain Wants to Go

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

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

In addition to showing films, this one-screen arthouse cinema from the late 1940s is a museum of old film equipment.

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

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

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

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

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques