Barcelona, Spain
Festa Major de Gràcia
Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.
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Barcelona, Spain
Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.
Cardona, Spain
This ancient Spanish castle sits high upon a hilltop.
Cardona, Spain
Mine shafts and hard pastries await visitors at this massive mountain of salt.
Barcelona, Spain
Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.
Barcelona, Spain
This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
Barcelona, Spain
Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.
Barcelona, Spain
The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.
Barcelona, Spain
This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.
Barcelona, Spain
This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.
Barcelona, Spain
Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.
Barcelona, Spain
Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.
Barcelona, Spain
A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.
Barcelona, Spain
Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.
Barcelona, Spain
Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.
Sóller, Spain
This historical manor is complete with a magnificent garden.
Palma, Spain
This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.
Palma, Spain
A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.
Esporles, Spain
This 17th-century manor house provides a fascinating glimpse into old-world Mallorcan life.
Alaior, Spain
This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.
Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
These Stolpersteine located in Spain honor Republican soldiers who perished at the hands of Nazis after the fall of France.
Basel, Switzerland
This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.
Llucmajor, Spain
This spectacular bridge is part of an abandoned train line that once connected Mallorcan capital to the southeastern coast.