A must for film lovers in Madrid and home to the Spanish Film Library's projection space.

This unassuming bookstore in the heart of Madrid is one of the oldest in Spain.

Built to celebrate the glory of a new queen, this forgotten monument has moved around Madrid three times, reflecting 200 years of political whims and city redevelopment.

The fake World Cup prize was secretly created after the first one was stolen in 1966.

In this 400-year-old hotel in Madrid, you'll find a comb in every room, an old clock, and maybe a ghost.

The history of knife-making in this French city is explored through this museum.

This 18th-century pond is one of the main attractions in the Jardín del Príncipe in Aranjuez.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Meant to resemble a massive tree, the building is the best example of Spanish organicist architecture in Madrid.

Built to power trains, the engines in this building provided the entire city of Madrid with electricity during the Spanish Civil War.

A museum dedicated to one of Portugal's most celebrated writers.

This humble bench is considered the most beautiful in the world.

Madrid's last horchata kiosk is a blue-and-white beacon of refreshment.

Known as the Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, this haunted 16th-century manor has a dark, mysterious past.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

Designed by Gustave Eiffel before his famed tower.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

A haunting monument dedicated to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.