Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.

The inscribed stone at Kilnasaggart is a remnant from nearly a millennium ago.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.