Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.

St. Peter’s, in Western Germany, has stood as a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture since 1181.

A rugged hike leads to a breathtaking waterfall, once thought to be the tallest in Iceland.

England's “third-oldest college” has not graduated a single student in over 400 years.

A construction mishap at this narrows on the Fraser River rendered it impassable to many migrating fish species, with international consequences.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.

Step into the world of one of Turkey's most popular television series for a virtual trip through Ottoman Empire history.

On a hill overlooking Loch Trool, a granite boulder marks the site where Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, defeated an English army.

The ceiling of this cavern is dripping with multicolored marble stalactites.

One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

An asymmetrically spiraling tower perched on top of a protected mountain.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

This cabinet of curiosities contains many special and fantastical objects from around the world.

This tree was extinct for a thousand years before sprouting again from a 2,000-year-old seed.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Enjoy a flaming concoction steeped in steampunk, magic, and alchemy at this experimental cocktail bar.

Every year, a sparkling cave is sculpted in the icy heart of a glacier.

The last two abbots of this monastery were both executed by Henry VIII.