Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

Remote town home to Himachalis, Israelis, and tons of hashish.

A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.

A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.

Natives of this mud-brick desert village use an ancient irrigation system to grow sweet, seedless grapes.

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

Discovered after draining a local pond, these ancient man-made caves are still a complete mystery.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

Snow-capped peaks, colorful waterfalls and stunning vistas on the edge of the Himalayas.

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.