Places toohero Wants to Go

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

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

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

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

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 Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

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

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

An unconventional and naturalistic sculpture depicting the artist marking his territory on an exterior faculty wall.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

Wooden cutouts of the fictional family from the popular Swedish comic strip take a stroll along the side of the road.

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.