Laxe, Spain
Praia dos Cristais
Tiny Spanish beach covered in sea glass.
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Laxe, Spain
Tiny Spanish beach covered in sea glass.
Camelle, Spain
Open air sculptures by an eccentric and loin-clothed hermit.
Porto do Son, Spain
Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.
O Grove, Spain
A 12th century church completely covered in shells.
Pontevedra, Spain
This small, lush island has a long and bloody history.
Baiona, Spain
This abandoned naval battery stood at the ready as recently as the 1980s.
O Rosal, Spain
"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.
Bande, Spain
In Spain, the ruins of a Roman military camp sit along a flooded section of a river.
Ribadavia, Spain
The building hides in plain sight in Ribadavia's historic Jewish quarter.
Bemposta, Spain
The ruins of the second-largest circus school in the world.
Esgos, Spain
An abandoned 6th-century monastery features a medieval map of the known world.
Veiga, Spain
This house covered in small stones was the work of one man over the course of nearly 30 years.
Yeres, Spain
Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.
Priaranza del Bierzo, Spain
The cave where Saint Genadio meditated and played chess.
Astorga, Spain
An Antoni Gaudí masterpiece in Astorga.
Portomarín, Spain
This stop on the Camino de Santiago stands high above the underwater ruins of a medieval town.
Lugo, Spain
Remarkably intact Roman stone fortifications have encircled this Spanish city for centuries.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.
Brión, Spain
The mysterious remains of a martyred teenage saint are venerated inside a small country chapel.
Betanzos, Spain
The remains of an encyclopedic sculpture garden later used as an internment camp.
Ferrol, Spain
Crumbling World War II-era gun emplacements still stand near lighthouses on the Spanish coast.
San Cibrao, Spain
This mermaid sculpture commemorates a Galician legend and an annual trial.
A Coruña, Spain
This panoramic lift provides a futuristic ride up San Pedro Mountain.