Places nowickid Wants to Go

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

This oddly shaped church resembles a rocket.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

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

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

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

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

A chunk of the "true cross" is held in this small Portuguese church where modern day exorcisms are said to be common place.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

The tomb of a hard traveling saint is constantly covered in shoes as offerings to heal disabled youth.

Built in 1347, this belfry is one of the oldest in the world and survived intense bombing during World War I.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.