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Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

Semi-mystical manmade towers of rocks decorate this rocky seaside.

Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

A small church ornamented with medieval erotic sculptures.

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

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

A whimsical garden of outsider art in the Spanish countryside.

An archeological treasure trove stumbled upon by a couple of children.

A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.

This funky former tobacco factory is one of the most striking examples of Madrid's cultural diversity.

Vibrant street art created with mixed media.

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

A five-square-mile slice of Spain on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

An outsider folly near Madrid.

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

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.

Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

Spain's stunning solar energy plant.

Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.

This chest hospital with a dark, haunted past serves as a fitting set for horror films and a paradise for ghost hunters.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.