Places Clur Wants to Go

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

A roundabout in the West Indies that pays tribute to a bus driver who brokered no-nonsense on the school route.

The memorial honors the lives of rhinoceroses killed by poachers.

Looking for the train station? Try the building shaped like a train.

A house built specifically to shelter the dead.

This 18th-century complex has served as a mosque, mausoleum, and one of the largest caravanserais in India.

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

Known as the "Traitor's Gate."

The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.

This bright green structure is the final resting place of the 16th-century leader responsible for building the walls around Harar.

The world's smallest Austen museum is inside an unassuming phone booth.

A synth musician's paradise at the heart of a community responsible for the soundtrack to 'Stranger Things.'

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

This former community granary is now a lonely mountaintop shrine.

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

This magenta statue commemorates the legendary marriage between a mermaid and the city's founder.

The design of this ornately decorated place of worship closely mirrors a church in Vietnam.

This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.

This free series of exhibitions honors the fascinating history of the region.

The door of St. Lawrence’s Church features small scars from a battle that took place nearly 400 years ago.

It might look like just a pile of sticks—because it is. But there's a dark history to how this stack got its start.