Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

A bookstore dedicated to the intersection of comedy and art.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

This fountain was designed to honor the man who helped bring water to Barcelona.

Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

On the wall of this medieval square, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.