Places blowendtheory Wants to Go

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

An abandoned canal route lies hidden under the streets of Manchester.

This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

This informal museum is a magical trove of anonymous art collected from car boots and flea markets.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

London's largest outsider art museum.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

The history and future of cannabis.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.