This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

This often-missed monastery, set in a scenic mountain landscape, features unique frescoes, fortifications and legends.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

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

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.

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

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.

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

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

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.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

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

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

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

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

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.