Places hapichapi Wants to Go

Despite its grandiose name, this enigmatic first-century void under the town is no cave, and it's possibly not a palace either.

The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.

This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.

This huge abandoned fortress hidden inside a mountain holds a world of subterranean secrets.

Remote, beautiful, and stigmatized, Las Hurdes is Spain's version of Appalachia.

The remains of an encyclopedic sculpture garden later used as an internment camp.

Semi-mystical manmade towers of rocks decorate this rocky seaside.

This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.

Hundreds of caves once used to store grains and animal feed.

Religious dwelling in a Spanish volcano.

A whimsical garden of outsider art in the Spanish countryside.

"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.

This abandoned naval battery stood at the ready as recently as the 1980s.

A small church ornamented with medieval erotic sculptures.

Lava stone structures possibly dating back to the 19th century may have been a stopping point for voyagers between ancient Egypt and the Mayan Civilization.

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

A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

The effect of this ancient form of image projection situated atop an 11th century Moorish palace is thrilling.

A modernist church in an ancient village.

Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.

An archeological treasure trove stumbled upon by a couple of children.