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This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

Visit the only cheesemaker working in Barcelona.

This fountain was designed to honor the man who helped bring water to Barcelona.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.

Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

This mansion oasis contains gardens, sculptures, and fountains just off the busy Plaça Kennedy in Sant Gervasi.

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

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

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.

A beautiful little museum hidden away in the heart of Barcelona holds a treasure trove of Ancient Egyptian artifacts

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

18th century anatomical amphitheater of the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona.

Barcelona's only remaining tram system takes riders to the Tibidabo funicular.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

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

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

A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.