Photo of the Day 396

Dalí Theater-Museum, Figueres, Spain, 2001

Photograph by Pablo Corral Vega

From the giant eggs to the geodesic dome, everything in the Theater-Museum in Figueres, Spain, was conceived or designed by the renowned surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. Opened in 1974, the site comprises three separate museums containing works spanning Dalí's 85-year career. There's even a crypt that houses the artist's grave.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Dalí's Erotic Coast," May/June 2001, National Geographic Traveler)

Photo of the Day 40

Surf on Beach, Canary Islands, 2006

Photograph by Justin Guariglia

Surf spreads a foamy swath over a black beach in Gomera in Spain's Canary Islands. Gomera's tortuous geography—desert lowlands twist upwards into a soaring cloud forest—initiated the evolution of silbo, an indigenous six-note whistling language that allows the island's residents to efficiently communicate over hill and vale.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quietest Place on Earth," September 2006, National Geographic Traveler magazine)