Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

An unusual stone chair can be found on the banks of the River Wear, not far from Durham Cathedral.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

These ruins on Mont Tantané dates back to the Iron Age, but there is limited evidence for why a village was built so far from water or other resources.

Scotland is filled with standing stones that date back hundreds or thousands of years. This is not one of them.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Drink and learn at this striking ode to coffee culture and history.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

Amazing vistas await visitors to this stretch of coastline.

These narrow stone granaries have been used to store and dry out grain for hundreds of years.

A stretch of the Iwai River that features beautiful rocky cliffs, rapids, and flying dango.

This industrial museum is based on one of the oldest standing iron forges in the U.K.

In a quiet hamlet above Penistone, these village stocks are still standing.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Underground monastery and fortress.

No other place in Scotland has such a high concentration of prehistoric carved stone surfaces.

Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.

One of London's oldest houses contains a mixture of both old and modern features.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.