One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

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

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

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

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.

One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.

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

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.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

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

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.