Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

A curious stone in a public square commemorates the victims of witch-burning.

This whimsical statue marks the high water level from the Great Flood of 1993.

Legend says that Wade the Giant scooped up a handful of earth to throw at his wife, leaving behind this round valley.

The history of Reykjavik told through a historical village and live actors.

This sculptural representation of an Andersen fairy tale had to be pushed away for being too grim.

The oldest tourist graffiti in the world helped archaeologists identify the Pyramid of Djoser.

The former home of a Portuguese poet, artist, and collector is packed to the brim with art.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

A stream flows near the radioactive spa, where people place handmade miniatures of water mills and other strange devices.

Where the people of Gozo have been doing laundry for more than six centuries.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

This 46-foot-tall carving of a legendary Māori navigator can only be visited by boat.

This lake in northwest Iran has started turning from green to red more frequently than scientists are comfortable with.

Let Ouray’s tallest waterfall sweep your breath away on a dealer’s choice of scenic hikes.

Opened in 1787, this old-world treasure is said to be the oldest restaurant in Copenhagen.

The oldest civic library in Italy can trace its foundation back to 1619.

This meticulously reconstructed early medieval settlement offers an immersive experience of daily life in an Anglo-Saxon community.

According to local lore, a flying dragon was blinded by a lighthouse and crashed, leaving a permanent mark on this island rock.

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.