Places vaneiribarren Wants to Go

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.

An abandoned mining complex in Serra do Gerês.

This abandoned fortress still stands guard over the Guadiana River despite a history of warfare.

This Gallo-Roman sanctuary is dedicated to Serápis, god of the underworld.

Bits of flat terrain surrounded by cliffs make one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Azores.

This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.

An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.

A fortress off the West coast of Portugal that dates back to 1502.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

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

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

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

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

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.