Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

A cave that was home to humans 160 thousand years ago.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

Local artists have long claimed these highway pylons as a place to celebrate Mexican-American history through artwork.

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.

Thought to be Britain’s earliest purpose-built viewing station, this small hut frames a magical waterfall.

What was once rural farmland owned by the Dominican Order is now an artisanal crafts market enveloped by Santiago’s urban sprawl.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.

This “forbidden” sanctuary has managed to preserve a unique, ancient ecosystem.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Admire an ever-changing landscape of stone sculptures.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

See the oldest known traditional stone-ground mustard mill at work at this Down East mainstay.

Forrest Gump ran past this iconic Maine lighthouse in his cinematic cross-country journey.

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

Located in the historic home of a newspaper publisher, this museum is dedicated to the Freedom of Speech.