Places nejuum Wants to Go

A small but stubborn relic of Spain’s turbulent past hides in plain sight.

A medieval castle-turned-luxury villa is now open to the public.

Built to celebrate the glory of a new queen, this forgotten monument has moved around Madrid three times, reflecting 200 years of political whims and city redevelopment.

Shrapnel scars and bullet holes from the Spanish Civil War can still be seen in this monument to Spanish doctor Federico Rubio.

A unique Baroque bridge preserved in Madrid's largest public park.

A home for Spain's version of the Tooth Fairy, hidden in an old gas company register.

This modernist bridge highlights the bear as a symbol of Madrid.

The oldest vestiges of Madrid found here, have been incorporated into this new museum.

In this 400-year-old hotel in Madrid, you'll find a comb in every room, an old clock, and maybe a ghost.

This 18th-century project to build the world's tallest gravity dam was never completed.

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

Automatons that were once removed after one fell from the building.

This little sun pays homage to a massive gate that once stood at this location.

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

Not far from Madrid, a set of perfectly preserved trenches date back to the Spanish Civil War.

These three pillboxes still remain as a witness of the Spanish Civil War in a park of Madrid.

A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.

A vault of safe-deposit boxes in an old bank has been repurposed as a time capsule of Hispanic culture.

An old, deep well, connected with a miraculous, divine rescue and the patron saint of Madrid.

This taberna has been frying up crunchy salt cod since 1860.

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

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

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.