Places Edited by The Bearded Vagabond

Some of the best Chinese-Vietnamese fusion can be found at outposts of this homegrown empire.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.

This sculpture garden creates a whimsical aura in an urban and wild environment.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

This Brazilian palace island was once the site of the last grand ball before revolution.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

Landmark dedicated to the plight of the American Indian in the 21st century.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."