Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

A monumental toilet that is also host to rare plants.

This ancient causeway can flood daily, leaving Mersea Island as a true island for hours at a time, and cutting its 7,000 residents off from the mainland.

This miraculous well is said to heal the sick, grant wishes, and tell the future.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

This gilded emblem was once stolen by a Cookie Monster impostor, who demanded a charitable ransom for its return.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

Unwanted and reluctant ownership, Gordon Lamp glimmers faintly and serves as a relic of the bygone Victorian era.

Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.

This seven-sided Romanesque chapel is regarded as the oldest building in Rovinj.

Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Since 1768, the pillar at Guildhall Market in Bath has been a hub of economic transactions.

A 1,000-foot-long railroad tunnel under Shavers Fork connected the towns during West Virginia's logging boom until its closure in 1985.

In 1329, Christine Carpenter entered this small stone cell in the hopes of becoming a living saint.

A breathtakingly steep set of stairs is carved directly into the face of the sea cliffs of Bonifacio.

One of the city's oldest pubs displays a skull said to belong to the country's last witch burned at the stake.

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

Even though bison are not native to this Danish island, you might find them walking around the Almindingen Forestas as part of a nature experiment.

An abandoned early 20th-century gold mine in a spectacular setting overlooking Bridgeport Valley and the Sierra Nevada.

A collection of windows created by two of the foremost leaders in the British Arts and Crafts Movement.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.