Places Pierpaolo Ferlaino Wants to Go

Five million people are laid to rest here, more than the population of Madrid itself.

A masterpiece of Rationalist architecture in the center of Madrid with lizards on it.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

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

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

A neighborhood represented by an apparent geocentric and flat-earth model of the Solar System is hidden in the subway of Madrid.

Once a resting spot for King Fernando VII.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

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

A haven for book enthusiasts across the street from Retiro Park.

The lengthy skeleton of one of the tallest Spaniards of all time is on display in Madrid.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

This traditional festival celebrates a family of wooden giants that have survived Nazis, wars, and religion.

This graffitied 19th-century building was a prototype of European industrial architecture.

This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.