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Piódão, Portugal

Piódão

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.
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Pinofranqueado, Spain

Las Hurdes

Remote, beautiful, and stigmatized, Las Hurdes is Spain's version of Appalachia.
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Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal

The Village of Monsanto

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
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Mogarraz, Spain

Portraits of Mogarraz

Images of neighbors past and present guard the streets of this charming alpine village.
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Peraleda de la Mata, Spain

Dolmen of Guadalperal

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

Braña la Pornacal

An uninhabited village that preserves and documents rural architecture and an endangered way of life.
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Yeres, Spain

Las Médulas

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.
Vegacervera, Spain

Cueva de Valporquero

The spectacular geological formations make it one of the most impressive caves in Europe.
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Asturias, Spain

Holy Cave of Covadonga

A historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.
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Cabanas, Spain

Fragas do Eume

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.
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Betanzos, Spain

Parque del Pasatiempo

The remains of an encyclopedic sculpture garden later used as an internment camp.
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A Coruña, Spain

Menhires Pola Paz

Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.
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Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Shadow Pilgrim

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

Ciudad de los Muchachos

The ruins of the second-largest circus school in the world.
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O Rosal, Spain

Mills of Folon and Picon

"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.
Jose Manuel Couto Added by Jose Manuel Couto
Pontevedra, Spain

Isla de San Simón

This small, lush island has a long and bloody history.
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Porto do Son, Spain

Castros de Baroña

Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.
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