Malaga, Spain
Alcazaba
This Moorish fortress has guarded Málaga from the slopes of Gibralfaro hill for nearly a thousand years.
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Malaga, Spain
This Moorish fortress has guarded Málaga from the slopes of Gibralfaro hill for nearly a thousand years.
Segovia, Spain
A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.
Benalmádena, Spain
A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.
Granada, Spain
Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.
Ronda, Spain
One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.
Seville, Spain
A 16th-century Andalusian palace.
Wamba, Spain
One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.
Figueres, Spain
Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.
Madrid, Spain
The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.
Sant Quirze Safaja, Spain
An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.
Madrid, Spain
This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Shumen, Bulgaria
This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.
Melnik, Bulgaria
This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.
Ardino, Bulgaria
An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Rhodes, Greece
One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.
Milos, Greece
An intricate network of underground tombs carved into volcanic rock.
Laconia, Greece
This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.
Athens, Greece
Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.
Kato Kastania, Greece
This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.
Psichro, Greece
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.