Places Clur Wants to Go

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.