Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

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

These distorting, funhouse mirrors achieved fame in a renowned piece of Spanish theater.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

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

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.