This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

The place where World War I began.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

Haunting monument to the German Jewish philosopher who died while fleeing fascism.

An iconic photograph from the Spanish Civil War saved this shrapnel-scarred historic house from destruction.

A statue commemorating a beloved stray dog who was adopted by the entire neighborhood where he lived.

This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

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

A micro-communist utopia in Spain with no police, no mortgages and full employment.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

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

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

This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.

Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

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

A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.