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

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

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.

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.

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

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

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.

This sculpture pays homage to the street sweepers of Madrid since its inauguration in 2001 in Plaza Jacinto Benavente.

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

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

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.