One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

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

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

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.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St Johns Precinct and Market.

Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.

This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?