Porto do Son, Spain
Castros de Baroña
Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.
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Porto do Son, Spain
Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.
O Grove, Spain
A 12th century church completely covered in shells.
Esgos, Spain
An abandoned 6th-century monastery features a medieval map of the known world.
Bemposta, Spain
The ruins of the second-largest circus school in the world.
Ribadavia, Spain
The building hides in plain sight in Ribadavia's historic Jewish quarter.
Portugal
A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.
Lindoso, Portugal
These narrow stone granaries have been used to store and dry out grain for hundreds of years.
Loriga, Portugal
This tower once served as a radar station during the Cold War.
Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.
Porto, Portugal
This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.
Porto, Portugal
The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.
Porto, Portugal
Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.
Porto, Portugal
Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Arcozelo, Portugal
Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.
Raposeira, Portugal
A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.
Bragança, Portugal
A collection of unique, and sometimes terrifying, handmade masks and costumes used for local festivals.
Astorga, Spain
An Antoni Gaudí masterpiece in Astorga.
Castrillo Mota de Judíos, Spain
The tiny Spanish village that long refused to change its outrageously anti-Semitic name.
Sasamón, Spain
Salaguti's live-in museum: a fortress against criticism and consumer art.
Gormaz, Spain
This Arab fortress was once the largest citadel in Western Europe.
Enciso, Spain
Hundreds of preserved dinosaur footprints can be found along a hiking trail in this small village.
Jaca, Spain
This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.