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

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

A darkly erotic open-air statuary in Catalonia.

An exact replica of a colossal Olmec head sits atop a pyramid within a Madrid traffic circle.

Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.

This ancient Spanish castle sits high upon a hilltop.

This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.

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

Mine shafts and hard pastries await visitors at this massive mountain of salt.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

This magical space partly designed by Antoni Gaudi is one of the best examples of romantic gardening in the Mediterranean.

Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

Of course Salvador Dalí lived in a castle...

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

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

Mysterious Spanish catacombs of unknown origins.

Stunning Roman aqueduct used for 1900 years and still standing.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.