Places Clur Wants to Go

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

This local art collective supports contemporary artists through a coveted residency program.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

Seven beautiful 1,000-year-old rock-cut Buddhist statues.

This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Celebrating the history of whiskey production during New Zealand's era of prohibition.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

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

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

The giantess welcomes travelers to a small Saskatchewan town with a traditional Slavic greeting of bread and salt.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.