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

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

A five-square-mile slice of Spain on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.

This small Spanish village still pays homage to the Spaghetti Western films that were shot there in the 1960s.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

An out-of-place grove of sequoias thrives in northern Spain.

The tallest tower in Cáceres's Old Town.

A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.

The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.

Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.

The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This memorial, built by fascist dictator General Franco in 1960, has been repurposed by the people of Catalonia.

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

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.