Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

Quotes and poems etched on stone plaques are hidden along this waterfront walkway.

This mysterious church sits discreetly above the Aude countryside, right in the heart of "Grail Country."

The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.

The oldest remaining building in Tacoma was once the home of the "oldest bell tower" in America.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

Now a secluded county park, this site was once a "health tourism" destination for wealthy Oregonians.

This 19th century Sioux City candy company is the home of the Twin Bing, a historic, chocolate-covered treat.

It bustled briefly in the late 1860s, but little is now left at this stage stop on the Hamilton/Pioche Stage and Freight Road

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

An oasis of beauty, tranquility and botanical research in the middle of Rome.

A 15th-century whalebone is tucked away in an unassuming corner of this medieval church.

For more than 25 years, this Philadelphia store has been offering a wide selection of Victorian oddities and antiques.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

A stately castle in the northern Italian countryside has been restored after years of neglect.

A medieval village, with red wooden cottages around a stone church, stands as a well-preserved example of a settlement type that was once common in northern Sweden.

This bee-themed family business does more with honey than anyone would think was possible.

Several 12th-century ruins can be found inside this historical market.

Once considered one of the country's finest motte and bailey castles.

This ruined castle perched atop a rocky peak is a great place for a hike.

Every part of this unusual home is built into the sandstone rock.