Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Artillery recovered from the sea floor marks the spot of an extraordinary shipwreck.

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

This granite mountain is the largest rock in Africa and the second-largest monolith in the world.

Believed to be an execution site used by King Arthur after he was embarrassed.