Places remcrae Wants to Go

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

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

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.

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

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

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

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

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Veryovkina Cave is more than 1.3 miles deep—the deepest known in the world.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

This museum in the famously blue neighborhood of Sidi Bou Saïd showcases a traditional Tunisian lifestyle.

Abandoned Roman Catholic chapel abused by Satanists before being restored.

An immense coastal necropolis with an outstanding view of the nearby kasbah

A caravanserai turned into a museum showcasing the mastery of local carpenters.

This 16th-century Moroccan fortress-turned-armory museum offers prime views of the historic quarter in Fes.