Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

There's more to this drinking establishment than meets the eye.

Trimmings from the record-setting tree line that surrounds Cirencester Park have been used to manufacture chemotherapy drugs.

This Georgian mansion blends historical significance with an impressive art collection within picturesque surroundings.

The camera-toting gargoyle juts out from the exterior of a Gothic cathedral.

Kingly French toast comes soaked in milk or red wine, then drizzled in a citrus-perfumed syrup.

One of the most studied Iron Age settlements in Europe.

Thomas Dambo's troll sculpture wears a crown with birdhouses on his head.

At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.

A haunted slate mine turned concert hall and a hidden fairy garden.

This taberna has been frying up crunchy salt cod since 1860.

This unique rock formation has become a popular walking trail.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

The top of the holy mountain for the ancient Spartans looks like a pyramid—is it man-made or a natural phenomenon?

This room of wonder is full of relics, from knights in armor to rare works of art.

The enchanting home of an eccentric Swedish physicist and author sits in the hills of Anacapri.

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

An ancient yew tree and holy well nestle beside a remarkable 13th-century church.

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.