Places Clur Wants to Go

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

Glasgow's own "tipsy" temperance monument.

Remnants of the Roman empire's northern frontier nestled in suburban Glasgow.

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

In the depths of Glasgow Cathedral's crypt, one pillar stands out from all others.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

The lone remnant of a 16th-century palace in Old Goa.

From a distance, this structure looks like an ordinary office building but a closer inspection reveals a unique facade.