This small Spanish village is home to dozens of public paintings meant to trick the eye.

The legendary bathing site of a Moorish queen is actually part of a Roman fish farm.

Oversized versions of a beloved toy dot a children's playground in a Spanish toymaking town.

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

Gargantuan pots of slow-cooked lamb, noodles, and red wine feed everyone at a Mallorcan harvest festival.

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.

The much-loved protagonist of famed Argentinian comics can be found sitting on a park bench.

A small town celebrates its cash crop with a giant highway sculpture.

Peek into a cave of giant, glimmering crystals.

The ruins of an ancient Celtiberian town with incredible rock-cut buildings and a Roman aqueduct.

This beautiful spit of land was once the summer playground of the king of Spain.

This Arab fortress was once the largest citadel in Western Europe.

The ruins of a bombed medieval village memorialize the destruction of the Spanish Civil War.

An enchanting landscape of ancient sandstone structures eroded into otherworldly shapes.

Semi-mystical manmade towers of rocks decorate this rocky seaside.

An arresting arch punched straight through a mountain provides one of the most scenic spots, and challenging climbs, on the planet.

This surreal-looking tree pruned more than 1,000 years ago is still producing olives for oil.

This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.

This 7,000-year-old megalithic wonder covered by a Franco-era reservoir emerges in times of drought.

Hundreds of caves once used to store grains and animal feed.

A whimsical garden of outsider art in the Spanish countryside.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.

A well-restored ancient archaeology site gives a real feel for life during the Roman age.