Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

Sometimes called the Banksy of Madrid, Muelle was a pioneer of street art in the Spanish city.

Inaugurated three times, this tower offers some of the best views of Madrid.

Once a resting spot for King Fernando VII.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

A must for film lovers in Madrid and home to the Spanish Film Library's projection space.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

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

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

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

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

This site was once the largest ski jump tower in the world.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

A mountain pass used by Prohibition-era bootleggers to facilitate traffic into and out of Canada from Vermont.