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Cine Doré

Madrid, Spain

Cine Doré

A must for film lovers in Madrid and home to the Spanish Film Library's projection space.

Posada del Peine

Madrid, Spain

La Posada del Peine (Comb Inn)

In this 400-year-old hotel in Madrid, you'll find a comb in every room, an old clock, and maybe a ghost.

Museum workers outside the entrance to the second building  of the museum.

Thiers, France

Musée de la Coutellerie (Thiers Cutlery Museum)

The history of knife-making in this French city is explored through this museum.

Chinese pond

Aranjuez, Spain

Estanque de los Chinescos (Chinese Pond)

This 18th-century pond is one of the main attractions in the Jardín del Príncipe in Aranjuez.

Torres Blancas

Madrid, Spain

Torres Blancas

Meant to resemble a massive tree, the building is the best example of Spanish organicist architecture in Madrid.

El Mejor Banco del Mundo

Loiba, Spain

El Mejor Banco del Mundo (The Best Bench in the World)

This humble bench is considered the most beautiful in the world.

The House of Seven Chimneys.

Madrid, Spain

House of the Seven Chimneys

Known as the Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, this haunted 16th-century manor has a dark, mysterious past.

Pont de las peixateries velles

Girona, Spain

Pont de les Peixateries Velles (Eiffel Bridge)

Designed by Gustave Eiffel before his famed tower.

Espejos del Callejón del Gato

Madrid, Spain

Espejos del Callejón del Gato (Cat Alley Mirrors)

These distorting, funhouse mirrors achieved fame in a renowned piece of Spanish theater.

Palacio de Longoria

Madrid, Spain

Palacio de Longoria

One of the best examples of the modernist movement in Madrid.

Carabanchel 24

Madrid, Spain

Carabanchel 24

Nicknamed the "Spirit of Paul Klee," this colorful apartment building features an array of multicolored panels.

Front view of El Papamoscas

Burgos, Spain

El Papamoscas

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

Hermitage of Santa Maria la Antigua

Madrid, Spain

Hermitage of Santa Maria la Antigua

The oldest building in Madrid.

Plaque.

Cabinteely, Ireland

Brennanstown Standing Stone

One of Ireland's lesser-known megalithic structures.

The St Mary Redcliffe Chaotic Pendulum

Bristol, England

The St Mary Redcliffe Chaotic Pendulum

The unpredictability of this pendulum's movements has drawn visitors to this magnificent church for decades.

rear view

Madrid, Spain

Puerta de los Cuarteles de Daoiz y Velarde

This grand gate once marked the entrance to a military barracks.

Hangar 5

Madrid, Spain

Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Museo del Aire)

The magic of Spanish aviation housed under one roof.

Talaytula written in Arabic in the lower part of the window

Toledo, Spain

The Smallest Window in the World

At least according to the Guinness World Records.

La lleona de Girona

Girona, Spain

La Lleona de Girona

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

Replica

Fresnedillas de la Oliva, Spain

Museo Lunar

The small Spanish town that played an important role in a human's first steps on the moon.

Diana and her hunting hounds.

Madrid, Spain

Statue of Diana the Huntress

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

 La Fuentecilla.

Madrid, Spain

La Fuentecilla

This historic fountain is a favorite neighborhood meeting point.

Thousands of glinting cider bottles.

Gijón, Spain

Árbol de la Sidra

Made up of 3,200 recycled glass bottles, this tree pays homage to Asturia's love of cider.

'Tras Julia'

Madrid, Spain

'Tras Julia'

Dedicated to a young woman who broke gender barriers at the University of Madrid.

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