Madrid, Spain
Edificio Mirador
This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.
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Madrid, Spain
This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.
Madrid, Spain
The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.
Madrid, Spain
A home for Spain's version of the Tooth Fairy, hidden in an old gas company register.
Madrid, Spain
An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.
Madrid, Spain
Just like in Hollywood, Madrid has also a forgotten walk of fame.
Madrid, Spain
A plaque in Madrid’s West Park marks the launch of a queer icon’s unlikely media career.
Madrid, Spain
Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.
Madrid, Spain
This phone booth was recreated to honor "La cabina," considered the best horror film in the history of Spanish television.
Madrid, Spain
The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.
Madrid, Spain
This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Celebrated in poem, this tiny hidden cemetery has a big and grisly history.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.
Port Eynon, Wales
This tall stone wall with no door and ill-matched windows was built centuries ago, and used as a shelter for domesticated pigeons.
Miskin, Wales
In spite of its medieval appearance and name, this building actually dates back to the Industrial Revolution.
Dusseldorf, Germany
An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.
Bristol, England
One of Bristol's best-hidden gems has ties to Lord Byron, whence it became the nation's first reformatory school for girls.
Vagli Sopra, Italy
This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.
Madrid, Spain
This funky former tobacco factory is one of the most striking examples of Madrid's cultural diversity.
Madrid, Spain
Strange masks and obscure costumes are housed in this old Madrid corrala.
Madrid, Spain
The oldest vestiges of Madrid found here, have been incorporated into this new museum.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Inspired by the Rialto Bridge in Venice, these three clustered bridges were just one part of a Slovenian architect’s grand vision.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.