Places jamesarvidson Wants to Go

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

Peek into a cave of giant, glimmering crystals.

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

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

A historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.

This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

An out-of-place grove of sequoias thrives in northern Spain.

Vibrant street art created with mixed media.

A beautiful little museum hidden away in the heart of Barcelona holds a treasure trove of Ancient Egyptian artifacts

This embalmed man is one of the best preserved mummies from the Canary Islands.

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

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

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

Translating as "The Jump of the Girlfriend," this stunning waterfall has a tragic legend behind it.

This "flat geyser" bubbles up out of the ground periodically like a disappearing river.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

This ancient Spanish castle sits high upon a hilltop.

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.