Places taylareardon Wants to Go

A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

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

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

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

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

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

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

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

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

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

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.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.