This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.

Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.

Spain's largest bullring offers a unique glimpse at architecture and history.

The friendship between Kansas City and Seville materialized in this sculpture

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.

Small-town scandal, transformed into timeless pop art

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

This small, lush island has a long and bloody history.

Dedicated to one of the author's most iconic works.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.