Places hinke Wants to Go

The world’s oldest military museum has remained largely unchanged since the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The world's largest monastic library is also a baroque artistic masterpiece

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Visit 17th-century ruins on a strikingly beautiful riverside walking trail.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

Mysterious texts covered in mystical symbols were found in caves at this site centuries ago.

More than 70 detailed dioramas—including some rather nontraditional ones—fill this charming museum.

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

The gardens and chambers of this Moorish citadel conjure memories of the Alhambra.

The ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman fishing village perched on one of the best beaches in Spain.

The defensive tower was built centuries ago to warn locals of Berber pirate attacks.

This tree, over 500 years old, was planted by Columbus’s son.

Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.