Places poppyhuskisson Wants to Go

The 20th-century church looks like a rustic version of the Sagrada Familia.

An unexpected ghost village lurks on the southeast coast of Tenerife.

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

To fit bodies into this Renaissance crypt, they were first left to decompose in the crypt's rotting room.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

Medieval ruins nestled within a breathtaking swath of Spanish nature.

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

The ruins of an ancient Celtiberian town with incredible rock-cut buildings and a Roman aqueduct.

Rumors and legends of secret Nazi activities surround this eerily remote island mansion.

An abandoned socialist utopia built in the late 19th century.

The ruins of a bombed medieval village memorialize the destruction of the Spanish Civil War.

An outsider folly near Madrid.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

The atmospheric ruins of a historic church can be found on a hill above the city of Oviedo.

This chest hospital with a dark, haunted past serves as a fitting set for horror films and a paradise for ghost hunters.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

This abandoned, turn-of-the-century astronomy hub is now the subject of more photographs than it ever took.

This imposing modern citadel started out as a home renovation project.

12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.

An abandoned Indian-inspired mansion.

The Gaudí-inspired building that was the start of Terrassenc modernism.

A Spanish artist builds his own castle.

This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.

Abandoned waterpark turned counter-culture mecca.