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The 20th-century church looks like a rustic version of the Sagrada Familia.

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.

A giant hand emerging from the ground beckons visitors into a park in Madrid.

This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.

The prolific artwork of a self-taught sculptor.

The quirky - and private - constructions of a secluded artist depict the house of God.

This fantastical faceless sculpture in Spain is on the grandest scale.

This 11th-century fortress is now the seat of Aragon’s state legislature.

This amazing cathedral was built on the site of the first Marian shrine in Spain and is important to Spanish speakers the world over

The world's largest sundial can cast a shadow more than 1,600 feet long.

The first museum in Europe dedicated to the art of origami.

The remains of a concrete ship sit on a sandbank between Ballina Quay and Belleek Woods.

When the tide is high, you can see the Atlantic pushing up through a deep, jagged hole in the rock.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

The largest stone circle in Ireland.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

This is the only surviving complete round tower in County Kerry, dating to the 13th century.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

This memorial was created by an Irish nurse who lived in New York City during 9/11.

The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.