The cathedral's live rooster and hen symbolize a renowned medieval miracle associated with Santo Domingo de la Calzada

For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.

The forest hides a cemetery where members of the British Legion rest in peace.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

An Antoni Gaudí masterpiece in Astorga.

This stop on the Camino de Santiago stands high above the underwater ruins of a medieval town.

The most elaborate of 12 medieval arched doorways to the old city of Burgos.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

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

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

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

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

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

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.