Places velellavelella Wants to Go

An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.

For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

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

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

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

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

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

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

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

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

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

In the Mound Hill Cemetery resides the final resting place of the world's tallest couple.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

This dizzying span over the ancient Algerian city was once the highest suspension bridge in the world.

The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver.

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.