King Carlos IV laid the first stone during construction of this chapel.

Disturbing winged beings decorate the walls of this strange abandoned hermitage.

This museum is known as the "Land of the Dinosaurs," but its full-scale dino models are just the start.

This small Spanish village is home to dozens of public paintings meant to trick the eye.

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

A bronze sculpture of a monkey sits outside this factory, which has made an anise-flavored liqueur for over 150 years.

The discovery of these rare, ancient artifacts led to the creation of a new museum.

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

According to tradition, King Phillip II supervised construction of the seat of his empire from this seat carved into rock.

Remnants of the rich history of fish salting in this ancient Mediterranean port town.

More than 70 detailed dioramas—including some rather nontraditional ones—fill this charming museum.

The 20th-century church looks like a rustic version of the Sagrada Familia.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

A long strip of fossil-filled limestone makes up this natural bridge above a rushing stream.

The quirky - and private - constructions of a secluded artist depict the house of God.

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

An elaborately decorated house sits on an otherwise quiet street.

This Gothic church houses ornate royal tombs and a magnificent gilded altarpiece.

This small Spanish village still pays homage to the Spaghetti Western films that were shot there in the 1960s.

Stop by, and you'll receive a map to two well-preserved ancient petroglyph sites.

Open air sculptures by an eccentric and loin-clothed hermit.

An uninhabited village that preserves and documents rural architecture and an endangered way of life.

This unassuming bookstore in the heart of Madrid is one of the oldest in Spain.

An iconic photograph from the Spanish Civil War saved this shrapnel-scarred historic house from destruction.