A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

Madrid's last horchata kiosk is a blue-and-white beacon of refreshment.

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

The remains of the second-oldest zoo in Europe can be seen within these library gardens.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

The unfinished final resting place of some of Spain's most prominent politicians.

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

A pair of gigantic baby heads greet passengers at Atocha Station.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

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

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

A mountain path passes by several sprawling enclosures home to a pair of rescued brown bears.

The surviving remnants of a destroyed medieval church now stand in a public park.

The much-loved protagonist of famed Argentinian comics can be found sitting on a park bench.

Two large posteriors in one giant statue.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.