Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

This serene, turquoise lake in an extraordinary nature reserve showcases a rare natural phenomenon.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Greenland's first shopping mall also hosts the country's government.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.