Barcelona, Spain
Priapus of Hostafrancs
This generously endowed statue once stood guard outside a Roman home.
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Barcelona, Spain
This generously endowed statue once stood guard outside a Roman home.
Barcelona, Spain
Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.
Barcelona, Spain
An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.
Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.
Barcelona, Spain
Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.
Madrid, Spain
This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.
Madrid, Spain
A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.
Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.
Guadalajara, Spain
Originally used to sell brandy, the bull-shaped billboard became an iconic symbol of Spain.
Épila, Spain
The quirky - and private - constructions of a secluded artist depict the house of God.
Zaragoza, Spain
A statue of a boy looks up at where the famous rival to the Leaning Tower of Pisa once stood.
El Fonoll, Spain
An independent naturist colony amidst 1000-year-old ruins.
Verdú, Spain
Museum of amazing old toys and automata.
Verdú, Spain
Archaeological site of Iberian people ruins.
Vistabella, Spain
A modernist church in an ancient village.
Bellvei, Spain
Hidden well off the beaten path in Catalonia is this crumbling medieval castle that is slowly being covered in graffiti.
Sant Pere de Ribes, Spain
This abandoned racetrack looks like it is set to hold competitions in the apocalypse.
Vallehermoso, Spain
On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.
Seville, Spain
Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.
Barcelona, Spain
The former 1920s mansion of a prominent Catalan developer was used as the Soviet Embassy during the Spanish Civil War, and there is still a bunker below the garden.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.
Madrid, Spain
A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.
Tinajo, Spain
Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.
Jaca, Spain
This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.