This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.

Mysterious face-like images that appeared within an Andalusian house are surrounded by legends of the paranormal.

This huge abandoned fortress hidden inside a mountain holds a world of subterranean secrets.

The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.

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

A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.

A whimsical garden of outsider art in the Spanish countryside.

The streets of a sleepy Spanish town proudly exhibit some of the world's finest graffiti.

Haunted tuberculosis hospital built by the patients.

A series of recreated fortifications mark George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War.

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

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

Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.

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

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

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

A modernist church in an ancient village.

This chest hospital with a dark, haunted past serves as a fitting set for horror films and a paradise for ghost hunters.

A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

An impressive display of ships and artifacts from the ancient Mediterranean maritime trade.