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Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.

This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

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

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

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

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.

At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

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.