Places Clur Wants to Go

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

A beautiful 1920s tower filled with local hidden gems.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

This small but lovely sinkhole lake is the last remnant of a great prehistoric water basin.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

Hundreds of intricately carved Armenian stone crosses can be found within this huge cemetery.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

This enigmatic stone pool is all that remains of an ancient palace.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

A stunning mosque owes its design to an Ottoman ruler nicknamed "the Butcher."