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Barcelona, Spain

Sagrada Família

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Barcelona, Spain

Park Güell

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

leiris

Added by leiris

Barcelona, Spain

Tibidabo

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

Added by ariels

Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain

Santa Cova of Montserrat

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

treeswithknees

Added by treeswithknees

Palacio de Cristal

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

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Added by dusanmil89

Tomb of Christopher Columbus

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Córdoba, Spain

Mezquita (Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba)

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

cnowell

Added by cnowell

Chefchaouen, Morocco

Chefchaouen

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

atimian

Added by atimian

Tétouan, Morocco

Medina of Tétouan

At this faithfully preserved medina off the Moroccan tourist circuit you can walk through six centuries of history in one day.

pardeewalmsley

Added by pardeewalmsley

Timanfaya National Park

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

Kookaracha

Added by Kookaracha

El Diablo Restaurant

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

Added by kellythewriter

Los Jameos del Agua

Partially collapsed lava tube and cave system complete with concert hall, underground pond, and unique albino crabs.

Added by taylorstevens

Mexico City, Mexico

Chapultepec Castle

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Added by NathanRisinger

Chichen Itza, Mexico

Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

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Palenque, Mexico

Palenque

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Monica Petrus

Added by Monica Petrus

Nor Yungas, Bolivia

North Yungas Road

Death road of Bolivia.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Potosi, Bolivia

Potosí Silver Mines

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

PaperTiger

Added by PaperTiger

Daniel Campos, Bolivia

Uyuni Salt Flat

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Dylan

Great Train Graveyard

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

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Added by nbj914

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Palacio Barolo

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

El Ateneo Grand Splendid

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

morinaga

Added by morinaga

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Caminito

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Santorini, Greece

Prehistoric Town of Akrotiri

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

urvijabanerji

Added by urvijabanerji

The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Added by Sam Teicher