Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

This colorful, ornately-decorated cemetery sits next to a quiet cove known as "the beach of the dead."

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

A blufftop prairie and limestone cliff with 30-mile views across two great rivers and prime bald eagle territory.

This statue is in the center of San Jacinto Plaza, commemorating the live alligator pond that once stood in the area.

Honor lost loved ones at this serene wind phone hidden in an environmental preserve.