Park Güell

This guide to Park Güell in Barcelona traces Eusebi Güell's plan for a private garden city of sixty houses on a rocky hilltop, and what happened when almost none of the lots sold. It follows the one showcase house nobody wanted and the man who ended up living in it for nearly twenty years with his elderly father and his niece. Look for the mosaic-covered bench along the main terrace, shaped to hold the human body.