Places Edited by Xavi Pascual

Built to power trains, the engines in this building provided the entire city of Madrid with electricity during the Spanish Civil War.

This Roman arena once played host to bloody gladiatorial battles.

This unique sculpture is often overlooked by pedestrians.

These abandoned country fairgrounds are filled with replicas of Spanish monuments.

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

The first mechanized factory in Spain is also one of the most significant mints in the history of money.

An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store

Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.

This millstone commemorates a gruesome tale that may have been the source of the city's name.

These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.

The fragmented remains of a massive public bath connected to the city's water supply.

An old, deep well, connected with a miraculous, divine rescue and the patron saint of Madrid.

The remains of this misplaced church were moved here stone by stone.

A pair of gigantic baby heads greet passengers at Atocha Station.

One of the most important Celtic-Roman archaeological sites in Spain.

One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

One of the world's oldest continuously operating meteorological stations sits on a hill in Stockholm.

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

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

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