Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.