Places aemem Wants to Go

The most elaborate of 12 medieval arched doorways to the old city of Burgos.

This remarkable museum sprung from one of the most important prehistoric archaeological sites in the world.

This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

A bookstore dedicated to the intersection of comedy and art.

This mansion oasis contains gardens, sculptures, and fountains just off the busy Plaça Kennedy in Sant Gervasi.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

An uninhabited village that preserves and documents rural architecture and an endangered way of life.

See replicas of Europe's most famous cave paintings and even some of the animals that feature in the art.

An abandoned Indian-inspired mansion.

A historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.