The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

The Cathedral of St. Ambrose has been hiding a special parishioner within its walls.

This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

For hundreds of years, this huge figure has been blessing visitors before they explore his body.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.

This embalmed man is one of the best preserved mummies from the Canary Islands.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

This 130-year-old, steam locomotive represents the Spanish industrial and agricultural boom of the late 19th and early 20th century.

The first firefighters museum in southern Spain is ironically located in an old textile mill that burned down in 1985.

This air raid shelter from the Spanish Civil War is now a museum dedicated to the history of the city's bombardment.

A dictator's failed public works project has been reborn as two linked trails through spectacular scenery.

Learn how dolls are made in this fascinating museum inside a 19th-century mansion.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

Containing a personal collection of more than 1,200 jugs from around the world.

A significant cache of prehistoric valuables is on display in an unassuming museum tucked inside a town hall.

This Spanish shoe museum has history, has design, and has a pair of Rafael Nadal's tennies!

This statue celebrates the winners of one of the most popular mountain stages in the Vuelta a España cycle race.

This elaborately decorated wall is an homage to the history, beauty and lore of the palm tree.

Continental Europe's only museum devoted to salt and pepper shakers features more than 20,000 designs.

This portrait of Philip V is always hung upside down, in a protest three centuries in the making.

An archaeological museum squeezed into a narrow 15th-century gate tower accessed only by a spiral staircase.

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