Places lilpuddanesca Wants to Go

One of the best examples of the modernist movement in Madrid.

Meant to resemble a massive tree, the building is the best example of Spanish organicist architecture in Madrid.

Inaugurated three times, this tower offers some of the best views of Madrid.

This piece of early engineering is rather unknown despite its location in the heart of Madrid.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

Hidden under a center for the elderly are the dungeons which were used during the Spanish Inquisition.

Kingly French toast comes soaked in milk or red wine, then drizzled in a citrus-perfumed syrup.

Remains of the lost church hide beneath this Spanish Parliament building.

A must for film lovers in Madrid and home to the Spanish Film Library's projection space.

Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.

This embalmed man is one of the best preserved mummies from the Canary Islands.

Strange masks and obscure costumes are housed in this old Madrid corrala.

A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.

This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.

This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.

This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.

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

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

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

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

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

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.