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

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

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

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

Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

The first statue to be added to Saint Peter's Square in over 350 years is an ode to migrants and refugees around the world.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."