A detailed 1:32 scale model of Scandinavia's largest telescope.

This Canadian hunting lodge is a long way from home.

This statue celebrates the winners of one of the most popular mountain stages in the Vuelta a España cycle race.

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

This fantastic sculpture of an early model helicopter celebrates the local toy industry.

These crevices cut into the mountains collect the island’s main source of precious freshwater.

Learn how dolls are made in this fascinating museum inside a 19th-century mansion.

This uniquely shaped 17th-century structure comes alive in early September.

Several petroglyphs are all that remain of an ancient pyramid.

This remote location of this Moorish stronghold means it doesn’t attract many tourists—and that it still has the aura of fear and bravery of the 1300s.

This 18th-century project to build the world's tallest gravity dam was never completed.

The oldest Marian image in the Canary Islands still impresses people nearly half a millennium later.

The tiny Spanish village that long refused to change its outrageously anti-Semitic name.

This historical manor is complete with a magnificent garden.

The site of a legendary battle immortalized in medieval literature.

On the wall of this medieval square, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

A long strip of fossil-filled limestone makes up this natural bridge above a rushing stream.

The first mechanized factory in Spain is also one of the most significant mints in the history of money.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

This small, lush island has a long and bloody history.

What many consider the original prime meridian and westernmost point of the old world.

A local artist created this giant rippling wave.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

The young girl gained fame for her atypical size and was regarded as a curiosity by the Spanish aristocracy.