This species of wild goat stars in witchy legends and frolics among the park's eerie rock formations.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

Famed architect Antoni Gaudi built this generous thank you gift to a friendly host who housed him during a job.

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

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

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

Mine shafts and hard pastries await visitors at this massive mountain of salt.

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.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.

Of course Salvador Dalí lived in a castle...

Partially collapsed lava tube and cave system complete with concert hall, underground pond, and unique albino crabs.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.