These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

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

This enigmatic artifact is a rare depiction of an ancient Iberian noblewoman.

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.

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

The name of this suspended sculpture is Latin for "high horse," which is exactly what it is.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

This huge abandoned fortress hidden inside a mountain holds a world of subterranean secrets.

This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.