Places marksuz Wants to Go

The extravagance of Portugal’s "Pink Palace" resulted in a noble title being awarded to its owner.

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

Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.

The corpse bride of Portugal.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

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

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

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

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

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

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

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

It is said a heartbroken man visited the gap every day to stare blankly out at the sea.