Places Oops3ggs Wants to Go

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

A Portuguese museum display features a bizarre assortment of objects.

One of the oldest universities in the world exhibits thousands of specimens from its 700-year-old collection.

A scientific observatory managed the largest Portuguese astronomy research unit.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

These rock drawings in the Côa Valley also create an ancient optical illusion.

This impressive rupestrian engraving dates back to the Upper Palaeolithic period.

One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.

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

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

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

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.