Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old.

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

Tucked along a river are enigmatic stone carvings created thousands of years ago.

The walls of these four caverns are filled with art that dates back to the earliest human presence in Europe.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.