Places blowendtheory Wants to Go

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

The chaotic studio of one of the 20th century's most important artists has been preserved down to the dust.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

This candy-pink cathedral of Da Nang is also known as the Chicken Church.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

The site of a Japanese traders’ settlement that once thrived in Ayutthaya, if for less than a century.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

The rusted hull of a WWII German destroyer pokes above the surface in a Norwegian fjord.

Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."