Places Clur Wants to Go

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself."

A small Rwandan workshop where you'll find traditional works of art—made from cow dung.

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

The culture that built these Tanzanian ruins displayed advanced knowledge of irrigation technology before mysteriously disappearing.

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

Home of the ruins of a British slave castle.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

A crypt believed by many Congolese to be a center of black magic.

Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?