This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

Dedicated to a young woman who broke gender barriers at the University of Madrid.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

This embalmed man is one of the best preserved mummies from the Canary Islands.

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

This enigmatic artifact is a rare depiction of an ancient Iberian noblewoman.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Madrid's last horchata kiosk is a blue-and-white beacon of refreshment.

One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

A statue commemorating a beloved stray dog who was adopted by the entire neighborhood where he lived.