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The broken girder was refashioned into a symbol of peace.

Madrid, Spain

The Girder of Peace

This girder was hit by a bomb during the Spanish Civil War, but nobody knew about it until 2016.

Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de La Castellana

Madrid, Spain

Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de La Castellana

This open-air sculpture museum is located under a bridge in the center of Madrid.

Monument to La Veneno

Madrid, Spain

Monument to Cristina 'La Veneno' Ortiz

A plaque in Madrid’s West Park marks the launch of a queer icon’s unlikely media career.

Mijas Miniatures Museum

Mijas, Spain

Mijas Miniatures Museum

A man's curious and seriously small handmade objects from around the world.

Here is the dragon.

Madrid, Spain

El Dragón de la Elipa

This dragon narrowly escaped demolition.

Right after the Installation

Pedraza, Spain

'Los Prados Gnacien' ('Gnacien Paddock')

A site outside Pedraza, Spain where a plaque tells a tale of seven-legged creatures that were said to have once lived in the area—in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

Phone

Madrid, Spain

'La Cabina'

This phone booth was recreated to honor "La cabina," considered the best horror film in the history of Spanish television.

 La Fuentecilla.

Madrid, Spain

La Fuentecilla

This historic fountain is a favorite neighborhood meeting point.

El Castillo de Hierro

Pruna, Spain

El Castillo de Hierro (The Iron Castle of Pruna)

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.

Ferdinand's VII latrine-forniture when it was exposed in the Museum of Romanticism in Madrid.

Madrid, Spain

Toilet Cabinet of Ferdinand VII

The Spanish king's private bathroom embraced the idea of a porcelain throne.

Automatons of the Goyesque Carillon

Madrid, Spain

Automatons of the Goyesque Carillon

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

Display of the sarcophagi in the Museum of Cádiz.

Cádiz, Spain

Cádiz Phoenician Anthropoid Sarcophagi

The discovery of these rare, ancient artifacts led to the creation of a new museum.

A small part of one of the largest dioramas, covering a large room in the exhibition.

Mollina, Spain

Museo Internacional de Arte Belenista (International Museum of Nativity Art)

More than 70 detailed dioramas—including some rather nontraditional ones—fill this charming museum.

Electricity Pylons of Cadiz

Cádiz, Spain

Electricity Pylons of Cadiz

The world's most elegant power lines.

Espejos del Callejón del Gato

Madrid, Spain

Espejos del Callejón del Gato (Cat Alley Mirrors)

These distorting, funhouse mirrors achieved fame in a renowned piece of Spanish theater.

View of the Colonia de la Prensa Gate

Madrid, Spain

Colonia de la Prensa Gate

This Art Nouveau gate still stands at the former entrance of a 20th-century Spanish writer's colony.

View of Zaragoza Carmen´s Gate

Madrid, Spain

Feria del Campo (Campo Fair)

These abandoned country fairgrounds are filled with replicas of Spanish monuments.

The portal with coats of arms of the former Seat of the Inquisition.

Ribadavia, Spain

Ribadavia Casa de la Inquisición (Seat of the Inquisition)

The building hides in plain sight in Ribadavia's historic Jewish quarter.

Casa de Las Conchas - The House of Shells

Montoro, Spain

Casa de Las Conchas - The House of Shells

A house covered entirely with shells.

Farmacia Juanse is a window into a lost world

Madrid, Spain

Farmacia Juanse

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

Lifesize model of Allosaurus with the museum in the backdrop.

Colunga, Spain

Jurassic Museum of Asturias

A wonderful collection of fossilized dinosaurs and other creatures that roamed the landscape millions of years ago.

Private jet.

Cártama, Spain

Dinero DIY

This art installation at an abandoned lipstick factory has distinct anti-capitalist vibes.

El Palmar de Troya

Utrera, Spain

El Palmar de Troya

The cathedral of a controversial, conservative, schismatic sect that declared the Catholic Church heretical and founded its own succession of popes.

Grave of the Man Who Never Was

Huelva, Spain

Grave of the Man Who Never Was

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.

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