Places blowendtheory Wants to Go

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

A haunting deserted hotel is a favorite with artists and photographers.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

On a river island north of Bangkok, a small bar helped lead a home-brewing rebellion.