Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

These 2000 year old remains of a Roman aqueduct are hidden inside a hotel lobby.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

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

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

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

A beautiful little museum hidden away in the heart of Barcelona holds a treasure trove of Ancient Egyptian artifacts

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.