Places Clur Wants to Go

This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.

Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

Over a decade ago, painted penguins mysteriously appeared around Berwick-upon-Tweed for no apparent reason.

A wooden street sign is the last remnant of this 400-year-old alleyway.

A beautiful old horse stable hosts one of the largest collections of domestic animal skeletons and taxidermy.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

This monument honors the life of a long-suffering lion whose story captivated the world.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This grounded passenger jet is now a restaurant, complete with rows of seats and “flight attendant” servers.

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

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

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.