The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.

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

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

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.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

18th century anatomical amphitheater of the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona.

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

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

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

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

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.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

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.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

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