Asturias, Spain
Braña la Pornacal
An uninhabited village that preserves and documents rural architecture and an endangered way of life.
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Asturias, Spain
An uninhabited village that preserves and documents rural architecture and an endangered way of life.
Madrid, Spain
These three pillboxes still remain as a witness of the Spanish Civil War in a park of Madrid.
Salamanca, Spain
An unusual but excellent display created in the 1930s as propaganda against the Freemasons.
Consuegra, Spain
This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.
Sigüés, Spain
A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.
Barcelona, Spain
A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.
Madrid, Spain
An iconic photograph from the Spanish Civil War saved this shrapnel-scarred historic house from destruction.
Madrid, Spain
The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.
Madrid, Spain
One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.
Madrid, Spain
Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.
Berlin, Germany
One of the largest numismatic collections in Europe fell victim to a huge theft.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Los Angeles, California
Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.
Los Angeles, California
This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.
Los Angeles, California
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Los Angeles, California
A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.
Los Angeles, California
A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Los Angeles, California
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Queens, New York
This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.