Places TravellingBookish Wants to Go

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

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

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

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.

Dedicated to the three priests whose execution inspired author José Rizal.

Once a crime hotspot, this refurbished underpass is now home to a bookstore and a mural celebrating the history of Manila.

Some locals believe the fabled lost gold of General Yamashida is hiding somewhere beneath the city.

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.

A place as enchanting as the journey to reach it is harrowing.

Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

Not only does this library house unique Arabic manuscripts, but it was also designed to keep the building cool during warm days.

Legend has it these caves were created by a deity called Ogba, who is said to live inside the winding subterranean caverns.

The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.

Writers such as Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, and Samuel Beckett frequented this Tangier bookstore.

A mythical garden that once grew the golden apples of wisdom is said to have existed in this ancient Moroccan city.

Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

Here lies a legend of three sisters, all in love with the same mariner.

The only known mosaic depicting the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos.

At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.