Places sarahltait Wants to Go

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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

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

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

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

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

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

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

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

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

This archaeological museum in one of Peru’s most intriguing regions exhibits ancient artifacts from the Nazca civilization.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

An old wool-washing house filled with Fluxus contemporary art.

The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.

A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.

It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.