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

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

This taberna has been frying up crunchy salt cod since 1860.

This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.

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

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.

An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store

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

Kingly French toast comes soaked in milk or red wine, then drizzled in a citrus-perfumed syrup.

Automatons that were once removed after one fell from the building.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

After the queen of Spain had a dream where these statues fell and crushed her, they were removed from the palace and given new homes around Madrid.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.

A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.

A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.

This embalmed man is one of the best preserved mummies from the Canary Islands.

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

A comprehensive look at the art of Joaquín Sorolla in his former home in Madrid.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

This girder was hit by a bomb during the Spanish Civil War, but nobody knew about it until 2016.

Inaugurated three times, this tower offers some of the best views of Madrid.

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

A masterpiece of Rationalist architecture in the center of Madrid with lizards on it.

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