Places rmcmacki Wants to Go

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

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

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

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

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

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.

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

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

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

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.

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

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

Located in an old church, this brewery produces a different kind of holy water.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

Twice a year, this floating library delivers thousands of books to the remote islands of Stockholm’s archipelago.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.