Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

An underground city of salt.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

Royals, rebels, and artists have all conversed at this grand 19th-century Viennese coffee house.

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

A tragic tale of a young woman accused of witchcraft haunts this place.