Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

Inside this medieval fortress today is a high-security prison, which sometimes opens its doors to the public as a restaurant

A slice of good old British countryside, hidden in the mountains of western Japan

This statue that honors King Bladud dates from 1859 and, after being kept in storage for many years, was renovated and moved to the Parade Gardens in 2009. The statue of a pig was added at the same time

The world's largest monastic library is also a baroque artistic masterpiece

A maze of underground warehouses and cellars underneath one of Poland's most historic cities

The famed crossbow of Switzerland's folk hero now adorns a restaurant wall

Marvel at the intricate woodwork on the Tudor-style facade of this 17th-century hotel

One of the oldest and largest timber-framed barns in Europe

The Gloucester shop said to have inspired Beatrix Potter's Tailor

A pub that claims a lineage as one of England's oldest inns, back to 947 AD

A historical hangover from the time of public humiliation as a state punishment

The grand 14th-century gateway to the lost abbey of St Edmund

Centuries before masks and sanitizer, Oslo’s oldest public monument remembers its last plague dead.

The old Workhouse in Ripon was the last resort for the poor of the district from 1834 until the birth of the British welfare state in the mid 20th century. It is now a poignant museum reminding us of the harshness of the Victorian poor law regime.

A privately owned Benedictine estate founded in 987, where a Tudor gatehouse and rare medieval guest house survive within a living historic manor in the Dorset village famous for its ancient chalk giant.

Turrets, ramparts and towers, this Teesside castle has them all, but it's not all as it seems.

This remarkably preserved historic structure stands as the last surviving remnant of Corstorphine Castle.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

A 19th century bank turned into a 6-story immersive art experience.

This overlooked courtyard and museum celebrate Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements.

A lochside castle linked to Robert the Bruce, but not everything is as it seems!

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

Listen to the sounds of the Earth moving along the Rose Canyon Fault.