Places Sassysistah93 Wants to Go

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

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

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

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

Nicknamed "Karri Knight," this Eucalyptus was planted in 1895 and stands at 72 meters.

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

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

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

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.

The history of drinking is told through 1,800 cups, chalices, and glasses at this exhibit.

Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.