Places blowendtheory Wants to Go

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

The subtle interplay of fire and water is hard to ignore at this remote Jamaican spring.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

A palatial former bank building now houses what may be the poshest art venue (and former Tesco) in Belfast.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.