Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

An ever-changing gathering of crude wooden figures haunts the St. Lawrence River.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

See gorgeous frescoes at this modest Byzantine place of worship.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

This famous church is adorned by a mural commemorating the independence of Vatican City.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

Provincetown's night owls flock to this 52-year-old pizza joint.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

Maine's only authentic torri gate celebrates a longstanding international relationship that started with the rescue of four sailors.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

A historical puzzle lies at the origins of this structure.

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.