Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This astronomically-aligned stone circle was the first of its kind to be built in Great Britain after a 3,000-year hiatus.

Georgia’s answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation’s great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

This archaeological site built into a tuff outcrop is filled with rock dwellings, the ruins of a medieval castle, and a necropolis.

This network of roads is one of the most unique Etruscan creations ever discovered.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

This hermitage spanning an Italian river gorge draws pilgrims hoping to heal ailments like arthritis and migraines.

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

This former chapel resides on an island connected to the mainland by one of Shetland's iconic beachy tombolos.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

This enormous sinkhole hides a secret world created from divine wrath.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.