Madrid, Spain
Frontón Beti-Jai
Stuck in the middle of a modern Madrid city block are the remains of a 19th century sports complex.
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Madrid, Spain
Stuck in the middle of a modern Madrid city block are the remains of a 19th century sports complex.
Marinaleda, Spain
A micro-communist utopia in Spain with no police, no mortgages and full employment.
Madrid, Spain
This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.
Barcelona, Spain
An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.
Madrid, Spain
A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.
Pol. Ind. de Asipo, Spain
This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."
Eltziego, Spain
A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.
La Pobla de Lillet, Spain
Famed architect Antoni Gaudi built this generous thank you gift to a friendly host who housed him during a job.
Las Majadas, Spain
"Alleys of Stone" form natural mazes in Spanish natural park.
Ronda, Spain
An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.
Belchite, Spain
A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”
Barcelona, Spain
The former 1920s mansion of a prominent Catalan developer was used as the Soviet Embassy during the Spanish Civil War, and there is still a bunker below the garden.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.
Canfranc, Spain
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Madrid, Spain
This funky former tobacco factory is one of the most striking examples of Madrid's cultural diversity.
Cuenca, Spain
Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.
Campillo de Dueñas, Spain
This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.
Valencia, Spain
This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.
Barcelona, Spain
The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.
Kortezubi, Spain
A living art gallery painted on a canvas of Monterey pine trees.
Berrioplano, Spain
This huge abandoned fortress hidden inside a mountain holds a world of subterranean secrets.
Carrascal del Río, Spain
Medieval ruins nestled within a breathtaking swath of Spanish nature.
San Martín de la Virgen del Moncayo, Spain
The deserted remains of a luxury hotel turned hospital ward.
Estella, Spain
A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.