Places jfbud Wants to Go

Mine shafts and hard pastries await visitors at this massive mountain of salt.

A gem of Catalan modernism amidst the vineyards.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

Hidden well off the beaten path in Catalonia is this crumbling medieval castle that is slowly being covered in graffiti.

Replica of Seville, Spains famous Giralda, a former minaret converted into a bell tower.

These striking ruins of a castle resemble a ship's stern.

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

This chest hospital with a dark, haunted past serves as a fitting set for horror films and a paradise for ghost hunters.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

The Gaudí-inspired building that was the start of Terrassenc modernism.

Cursed swimming pool left abandoned is now a favorite of filmmakers and ghost hunters.

A gravity-defying "devil's bridge" that has a surprising architectural feature for its stability.

This imposing modern citadel started out as a home renovation project.

The abandoned ruins of a beautiful medieval castle just outside Barcelona.

A science fiction-inspired apartment building designed by a famous Spanish architect.

A bronze sculpture of a monkey sits outside this factory, which has made an anise-flavored liqueur for over 150 years.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

This bizarrely tree-like red skyscraper is one of the newer additions to Barcelona’s skyline.

One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

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

The former 1920s mansion of a prominent Catalan developer was used as the Soviet Embassy during the Spanish Civil War, and there is still a bunker below the garden.