Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

A charming Amazigh village carved into a mountaintop.

Red ocher pictographs survive in this tufa rock shelter on the shore of an ancient lake.

"All Mountains - All The Time."

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

It takes a nine-mile hike to reach these hot springs, but weary hikers are rewarded with stunning views and a warm soak.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

These 7,000-year-old cave paintings depict life in Neolithic Spain.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.

The ruins of the northernmost pueblo in the Americas tell the story of a mixing of native cultures.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.