Places benew Wants to Go

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

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

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

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Grab a slice of Catalonia’s famous flatbread in a space with ancient Roman roots.

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

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.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.

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

This spectacular bridge is part of an abandoned train line that once connected Mallorcan capital to the southeastern coast.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.