Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

Nearly 40 miles and 1,000 years of limestone mines under Denmark.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

A Neolithic burial tomb connected with a colorful array of legends.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.