Places Clur Wants to Go

Ancient rock-cut caves adorned with Buddhist inscriptions and sculptures.

Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.

This 11th-century Cistercian abbey was once seized by Henry VIII.

Once a year, these 'visitor deities' chase away evil spirits with a phallic-shaped staff.

This site was once the religious, cultural, and trade center of Sri Lanka.

Traces of a Sami settlement and sacrificial site dating back more than 9,000 years.

Larger-than-life sculptures of the world’s most famous cat mark the birthplace of creator Jim Davis.

A masterpiece of Gothic-Mudejar design in Ciudad Real.

A rare opportunity to see artists working on their craft in a unique setting.

An Akita-themed facility modeled after the old Shibuya Station, erected in honor of Hachiko, a famously loyal dog.

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.

The smallest bar in Amsterdam has stayed in the family since 1798.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

Look up as you explore Baku’s old town to find a monument to the local feline population.

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

Featuring one of the oldest collections of historic musical literature in the world.

Explorable physical and digital art installation, hidden in the mountains.

A German “baron” built this castle for his wife, but their romance was short-lived.

Historic harpsichords, clavichords, organs, pianos, and more inside a deconsecrated church.

A free museum of Toronto’s untold music history hidden inside a drugstore.

These terracotta heads are among the oldest Iron Age objects found south of the equator.

A reminder of the dinosaur skeleton discovered in a local quarry.