A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

The legacy of a Moroccan Jewish community is remembered at this little mouldering cemetery.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

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

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

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

One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.

The remains of the second-oldest zoo in Europe can be seen within these library gardens.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

The unfinished final resting place of some of Spain's most prominent politicians.

The lengthy skeleton of one of the tallest Spaniards of all time is on display in Madrid.