Places Sarah Jones Wants to Go

The "Little Ones," show Portugal in full miniature splendor.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

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

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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

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

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

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.

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

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.

Museum of amazing old toys and automata.

Open air sculptures by an eccentric and loin-clothed hermit.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.