Places blowendtheory Wants to Go

Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

A rocky outcrop where monks hid their most holy relic while escaping Danish invaders.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.

Despite its ornamental looks, this towering Tuscan-inspired anomaly was a masterpiece in hydraulic engineering.

A 12th-century church that houses a dark creature.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

This hidden museum examines the complex history of the country's law enforcement.

The last Victorian market in Belfast.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.