Places Edited by Mike Walker

A faithful reconstruction of what was once the only window into Japan.

Hilltop garden on the site of an old fortress overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is home to one of Polynesia’s largest petroglyph fields.

This down-home diner has been serving up comfort foods for over 100 years.

A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.

It is intended to take one back to a stripped-down simplicity, to spend extended time both inside and out, and absorb the natural drama of the Upper Rio Grande Valley.

A surprise blip of color and kitsch.

This restored 19th-century calender, a machine used in rubber manufacturing, commemorates the town's local industry.

A NATO bombing took the lives of 16 civilians in 1999—the ruins remain in the center of Belgrade.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

A group of medieval rock-cut Buddhist statues created to save people from the volcanic hell that surrounds them.

The first mountain submarine had its initial and last voyage in 1898.

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

A stoic sculpture that overlooks the waters.

Visit a church sculpted from hardened lava.

A natural resemblance of the monster of film lore.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

A bronze woman in a stylized dress honors a courageous politician.

The oldest pictographs on this decorated rock formation in California's Carrizo Plain date back as many as 4,000 years.

Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.

At this coffee shop, each drink celebrates African-American history and luminaries.

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

This hidden courtyard in the Andorran capital hosts a unique contemporary sculpture park.

Up-close opportunities to see working birds of prey.