Built more as a work of art than living quarters, this cottage has withstood the test of time.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

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

This mansion oasis contains gardens, sculptures, and fountains just off the busy Plaça Kennedy in Sant Gervasi.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

An independent naturist colony amidst 1000-year-old ruins.

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

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

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

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

A darkly erotic open-air statuary in Catalonia.

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

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

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

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

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

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

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

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

This overlooked museum houses an amazing collection of rare, antique typewriters.

These fly sculptures are scattered around the city and represent the patron saint of Girona.

Hackney's newest private museum and natural curiosity shop.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.