Places michilio Wants to Go

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

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

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

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

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

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

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

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

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

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.