Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.

This only museum in the world dedicated solely to mushrooms.

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A geothermal pool in North Iceland that is said to be the bathing spot of the legendary Grettir the Strong.

Designed to inspire artists visiting the island.

According to local legends, a monstrous worm once wrapped itself around this hill by the River Wear.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

This ghost-town bar has bullet holes and plenty of stories lurking within its walls.

This open-air museum filled with 19th-century buildings offers a unique view of historic craftsmanship.

South of Bologna, a limestone grotto with a protruding waterfall and a floor full of cave pearls.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

This 17th-century "unicorn" was cobbled together from the skull of a rhinoceros, the legs of a mammoth, and the horn of a narwhal.

Centuries after this 12th-century abbey had fallen to ruin, it became known for the strawberries and cream served in its gardens.

Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

Packed with geological formations, an ancient river, and taxidermied seals, this overlooked coastal cave system is worth a spelunk.