Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
Espai Xavier Corberó
A surrealist labyrinth and museum of contemporary sculptures.
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Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
A surrealist labyrinth and museum of contemporary sculptures.
Barcelona, Spain
This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.
Barcelona, Spain
This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.
Òrrius, Spain
A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.
Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.
Barcelona, Spain
A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.
Barcelona, Spain
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.
Barcelona, Spain
For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.
Barcelona, Spain
A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.
Barcelona, Spain
This fountain was designed to honor the man who helped bring water to Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain
Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.
Barcelona, Spain
On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.
Barcelona, Spain
Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.
Barcelona, Spain
Sink your spoon into a luscious crema Catalana at this former urban dairy farm.
Barcelona, Spain
18th century anatomical amphitheater of the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain
Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.
Torgnon, Italy
High in the Italian Alps, a lonely chapel with a striking view of the Matterhorn.
Saint-Denis, Italy
An abandoned village that resides along the mountains of the Aosta Valley.
Genga, Italy
This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.
Assisi, Italy
What appears to be an ancient Roman temple is actually a Catholic church.
Rasiglia, Italy
This medieval mountain town is also known as the "Village of Streams."
Rivodutri, Italy
Legend said this huge, gnarled tree sheltered the saint during a storm.
Rivodutri, Italy
A 17th-century doorway in a small Sabine village is a portal into the mysteries of alchemy.