Places shawtish Wants to Go

Open air sculptures by an eccentric and loin-clothed hermit.

A house covered entirely with shells.

Remote, beautiful, and stigmatized, Las Hurdes is Spain's version of Appalachia.

One of Europe's largest groups of dolmens remains largely off the typical tourist track.

Hundreds of preserved dinosaur footprints can be found along a hiking trail in this small village.

Whimsical sculptures and caves chiseled by nature over the millennia.

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

The remains of an encyclopedic sculpture garden later used as an internment camp.

During an annual Catholic feast in this tiny Spanish village, men dressed as devils leap over rows of babies to cleanse them of sin.

Originally slated to become a luxurious resort, this structure is now a graffiti haunt reclaimed by nature.

An ornate tower shows off a local artist's architectural flair.

A bookstore dedicated to the intersection of comedy and art.

An enchanting landscape of ancient sandstone structures eroded into otherworldly shapes.

"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.

Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures.

This panoramic lift provides a futuristic ride up San Pedro Mountain.

A small church ornamented with medieval erotic sculptures.

This underwater graveyard commemorates a group of murdered 16th-century missionaries.

Strange masks and obscure costumes are housed in this old Madrid corrala.

The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.

The streets of a sleepy Spanish town proudly exhibit some of the world's finest graffiti.

The effect of this ancient form of image projection situated atop an 11th century Moorish palace is thrilling.

These primitive rock paintings include a very beloved depiction of a woolly mammoth.

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