Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

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

An ongoing medieval tradition of communal pig husbandry is honored with a handsome granite sculpture.

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

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.

With a facade that measures just 107 centimeters, this five-story building is one of the skinniest in Europe.

An abandoned airport in the middle of nowhere.

During an annual Catholic feast in this tiny Spanish village, men dressed as devils leap over rows of babies to cleanse them of sin.

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

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

A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.

Five million people are laid to rest here, more than the population of Madrid itself.

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

An archeological treasure trove stumbled upon by a couple of children.

This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.

The Gaudí-inspired building that was the start of Terrassenc modernism.

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

Moorish signal station on a stratgic rocky outcrop.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

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

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

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

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