This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

Just like in Hollywood, Madrid has also a forgotten walk of fame.

The remains of a convent turned military barrack in the heart of Madrid.

An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store

These abandoned country fairgrounds are filled with replicas of Spanish monuments.

This embalmed man is one of the best preserved mummies from the Canary Islands.

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

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

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

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

This historic fountain is a favorite neighborhood meeting point.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

A historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.

The atmospheric ruins of a historic church can be found on a hill above the city of Oviedo.

This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.

The bell that resides above this small chapel is actually a converted bomb.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

An old wool-washing house filled with Fluxus contemporary art.

A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.

The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.

Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.