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A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

This architectural beauty is the home to a personal collection of more than 600 examples of mechanical musical instruments.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

The two massive guns that defended Cartagena Bay.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

Legends surround this natural rock formation that looks like a Moorish king wearing a crown.

Possibly the oldest masonry dam in all of Europe.

Locals use these rock pools and waterfalls for swimming and cliff diving.

This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed

This architectural oddity is an oasis of green on the outskirts of Valencia.

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

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

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

These three pillboxes still remain as a witness of the Spanish Civil War in a park of Madrid.

This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.

An abandoned airport in the middle of nowhere.

The world's most elegant power lines.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.