This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

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

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

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

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

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

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

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

Remote ruins of a 2,400-year-old Iberian settlement.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

A bronze sculpture of a monkey sits outside this factory, which has made an anise-flavored liqueur for over 150 years.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

These fly sculptures are scattered around the city and represent the patron saint of Girona.

Kissing the ass of this stone lioness has become a rite of passage in the city of Girona.

Designed by Gustave Eiffel before his famed tower.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.