Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.