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The history of this Moorish castle includes royals, a Mexican-Spanish association, and several attempts at lodging.

The oldest Marian image in the Canary Islands still impresses people nearly half a millennium later.

The largest cave on the island of Menorca was likely the site of Iron Age rites and rituals.

An open-air museum showing how people on El Hierro lived from the time of the first settlers until the late 20th century.

Several petroglyphs are all that remain of an ancient pyramid.

The cave where Saint Genadio meditated and played chess.

The site of a legendary battle immortalized in medieval literature.

Commemorating a battle where French troops were commanded by an Englishman, and English troops by a Frenchman.

Behind this pair of dragon trees, there is a tragic story of lost love.

A significant cache of prehistoric valuables is on display in an unassuming museum tucked inside a town hall.

Built on the foundations of an ancient Roman villa, the unique architecture of this castle on the Catalan coast was used as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'

A local artist created this giant rippling wave.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

What many consider the original prime meridian and westernmost point of the old world.

The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.

In this coastal town, the time-honored tradition of reenacting the struggle between the Christians and Moors includes the arrival of the Moorish fleet.

A large collection of solar and night-time telescopes dot a small area on the Teide mountain range.

This replica of Columbus's famous ship houses the history of La Palma's maritime importance during the Age of Exploration.

This remote location of this Moorish stronghold means it doesn’t attract many tourists—and that it still has the aura of fear and bravery of the 1300s.

This 130-year-old, steam locomotive represents the Spanish industrial and agricultural boom of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Sometimes called the Banksy of Madrid, Muelle was a pioneer of street art in the Spanish city.

A lovely look back at the manufacture and use of paper in all its forms.

1,300 chamber pots and their eccentric collector.

This 18th-century project to build the world's tallest gravity dam was never completed.