Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.

The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

Sample port and quinine-fortified wine at this fourth-generation winery near Porto.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.

An architectural gem nestled into a promontory overlooking a prehistoric landscape.

These rock drawings in the Côa Valley also create an ancient optical illusion.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Archeologists can't decide if these two hand-holding skeletons were brothers or lovers.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.

Take a lick of the legendary homemade miso paste that protected this Buddhist temple’s scrolls from a fire centuries ago.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

The most magical part of this Latin American and Caribbean art museum is a room covered in beautiful blue tiles from floor to ceiling.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.