Your father has read everything Joseph Campbell ever put on paper and named his schnauzer Zeus. Here's his chance to see where it all happened. Elixir Tour's Battlefields and Temples tour will take dad on a ten-day journey through Turkey, starting in Istanbul and then journeying to the battlefields at Gallipoli and Troy. By night, he'll enjoy an amazing seafood dinner and a restful night's sleep at the foot of Mount Ida. From there it's onto Assos and the Temple of Athena, where Aristotle enlightened his pupils. He'll spend the last three nights of the adventure in Kusadis in a five-star hotel located on the peninsula. From home base at the aptly named Hotel Kismet, he'll day trip out to the Oracle of Apollo, the House of the Virgin Mary and explore some of Turkey's most amazing archaeological sites. Individually tailored private tour for two, with driver, guide and executive car with business-class flight from London start at approximately $7,200 per person.

It was embarrassing then, but it needn't be so now. While other dads were pulling fish from the ocean or an engine from a sedan, yours was hiding a whoopee cushion under your seat. Let him know that, while appreciated, his long-ago clowning skills need to be updated. Send him to the sword-swallowing and fire-eating classes at the Sideshow Skills Workshop. Held at the spiritual home of the sideshow, Coney Island, these classes will teach dad how to be cool while he clowns around. Classes meet once a week for six weeks; tuition is $600.

Though he loves the water, your dad would sooner poke himself in the eye than play shuffleboard on a big cruise ship. Send him sailing through on the Adriatic Sea's Dalmatian Islands on a beautiful 35-foot-long teak sailboat. The crew of three will make sure him and mom (or his favorite child) are nicely wined and dined as they sail along the magnificent Croatian coastline, stopping for day trips at various destinations. He can sip wine or scuba dive off Vis, check out the architecture on Hvar, and visit Marco Polo's birthplace in Korcula. Starting at approximately $70,000.

Though mom may claim his adventures have turned her hair gray, your father never met a mountain too high or a challenge too daunting. Abecrombie & Kent's new program of Extreme Adventure vacations are just the ticket . He can choose between tracking polar bears in Norway or kayaking and hiking his way through New Zealand's rugged mountain terrain. Maybe he wants to trace Lawrence of Arabia's route through Jordan or would prefer discovering Zambia and Botswana on horseback. Each trip is rated by level of difficulty and supervised by highly experienced guides. Prices start at $4,500.

Your father wasn't the do-it-yourselfer that other dads were. He liked being pampered, whether it was your mom or a masseur. This Father's Day, give him a luxurious spa vacation in Oslo. He and mom can overlook Oslo from the triplex Tower Suite at the Olavesen Grand Hotel, and get wrapped, waxed, rubbed, tightened and photodynamically lit (apparently it's soothing) at the hotel's sumptuous state-of-the-art spa. Starting at $1,700 per night.

Dad taught you how to pitch, catch and steal bases. Return the favor with a father/son baseball bonding experience. Dennis McCroskey organizes trips to hot spots like Tokyo, Cuba and Panama, but this summer it's Italy. "The average age of the player is 40s or 50s," he says. "We play amateur Italian teams and then after, some of the teams will prepare dinner for us." So basically you work up a sweat during the day and load up on carbs all night. "Eating doesn't get much better than Italy," he adds. The players on the trip are all amateurs so there's no need to worry about being a whiffer, and the itinerary includes wine tastings, museums and general sightseeing. "We have a passion for the game," McCroskey says, "but the trips are much more than just the baseball." Starting at $2,340, plus airfare and some meals.

Sure, some consider your dad's fascination with the undead a tad morbid, but humor him. Rent the Stuart Castle in the Scottish highlands this Father's Day. While the rest of the family sleeps in comfort, he can try to conjure up the legendary ghost that apparently haunts the three-turret bedroom in the castle's east tower. If you time your trip correctly, you may even be able to get him on some ghost tours in the area, while you and mom stay back at the castle and sip fine Scotch single malts by the fire. Hiring out the castle starts at approximately $13,000 for three nights, and includes full Highland breakfast, afternoon tea and an evening banquet.

Thanks to dad's obsession with documenting everything from your first step to your first tooth to your first divorce, your family's photo albums could fill a regional newspaper's picture archives. This year, give him something besides the latest grandkid to snap—a photo expedition to Antarctica, accompanied by a National Geographic photographer. Exploring the area by ship, he'll have opportunities to shoot a variety of seals, whales and other wildlife, with a backdrop of stunning icebergs and majestic mountains. The pros on hand will provide tips and guidance to guarantee the penguins don't show up with red-eye. Fifteen-day trip, including airfare and all meals, starts at $10,250, based on double occupancy.

Before he started watching No Reservations, your dad thought sushi was the height of experimental cuisine. Now he's eating goat's liver and tongue of bass. Time to consider a trained chef. Give dad (and by extension, mom) the gift of cooking lessons. And make it somewhere nice, like the Mexican city of San Miguel de Allende where he'll learn from one of Mexico's finest chefs at Sazon Cooking School. They'll even teach mom how to make an authentic margarita so she can dull her tastebuds after your dad forgets everything he's learned. Four nights' luxury accommodations for two, including breakfast, classes and a guided tour start at approximately $1,370.

This year Father's Day falls smack on the last day of the U.S. Open Golf Tournament—just in time for you to surprise the guy who taught you to putt with a father-and-son trip to the Open. TSE Golf will fly you in by private jet and transport you via limousine to a beautiful home in the La Jolla cliffs. From your base camp you'll be shuttled back and forth to the course, where you'll have a premium vantage point. An executive chef will do all the cooking and you can even arrange a player or two to stop by and swap stories after dinner one night. Approximately $8,000 per guest, depending on package and extras.

He spent his whole married life surrounded by cabbage-rose prints and ruffled slipcovers when all dad wanted was a sleek Eames lounger. This year, give him a week of luxurious minimalism in modernist ground zero: Palm Springs, Calif. Tour guide Robert Imber of PS Modern Tours gives Segway or van tours of the area's finest Mid-Century modern architecture. Once dad is duly impressed, he can relax in a 4,000-square-foot Donald Wexler house where he'll find a pool, glass walls and absolutely zero clutter. The Wexler home is big enough for the whole family so he can even bring your mom—maybe this will inspire her to pare down. Tours start at $125 per hour; home rental at $4,195 a week.