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Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

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

This grand gate once marked the entrance to a military barracks.

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

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

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

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

Kingly French toast comes soaked in milk or red wine, then drizzled in a citrus-perfumed syrup.

Replicas of fossils unearthed during renovation work reveal how this area would have looked millions of years ago.

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

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

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

A crazy maze of a hostel, where every trap door and secret entrance brings you to a new wacky, wonderful room.

These broken shards of ancient ruin may hide an ancient pyramid.

Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.