Places R Sevens Wants to Go

A museum dedicated to the centuries-old cave dwellings that housed marginalized communities on the outskirts of the former capital of Muslim Spain.

Emblematic Madrid bar founded in the 1930s that is a testament to times gone by

A concrete masterpiece that looks part fortress, part bullring, and part science-fiction relic

The oldest surviving example of the aqueducts that crossed the Casa de Campo to distribute water.

A “floating horse” hangs menacingly over the heads of passersby.

A home for Spain's version of the Tooth Fairy, hidden in an old gas company register.

Not far from Madrid, a set of perfectly preserved trenches date back to the Spanish Civil War.

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

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.