Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.

Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

Also known as “Robin Hood’s tree,” it became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A famous pilgrimage site that remains hidden in the midst of a city.

This mysterious wheel-cross is the tallest in Britain.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

The ruins of a medieval castle that once belonged to one of the most powerful families in the Netherlands.