Places Nils R Wants to Go

This sculpture in Valencia features 22,000 tiny, obsidian blue figures that pay homage to the Lady of Elche.

This architectural oddity is an oasis of green on the outskirts of Valencia.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

Sample Spanish wines under frescoes in a historic monastery of "barefoot old men."

This subterranean studio is filled with fascinating kinetic art.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

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

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.