Huelva, Spain
Grave of the Man Who Never Was
This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.
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Huelva, Spain
This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.
Portugalete, Spain
Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.
Figueres, Spain
This overlooked museum houses an amazing collection of rare, antique typewriters.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.
Madrid, Spain
Madrid's last horchata kiosk is a blue-and-white beacon of refreshment.
Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain
Spain's stunning solar energy plant.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.
Barcelona, Spain
Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.
Drogheda, Ireland
This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.
Cork, Ireland
This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.
Skibbereen, Ireland
This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.
Sligo, Ireland
This cemetery overlooking the Benbulben rock formation is the final resting place of one of Ireland's most beloved poets.
Galway, Ireland
This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.
Westmeath, Ireland
The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.
Cork, Ireland
A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.
Vatican City
If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.
Vatican City
The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.
Vatican City
These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.
Il-Gżira, Malta
The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.
Madrid, Spain
An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store
Madrid, Spain
A vault of safe-deposit boxes in an old bank has been repurposed as a time capsule of Hispanic culture.
Madrid, Spain
A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.
Playa Girón, Cuba
A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.