Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

This sacred, circular cave is lined with pools so clear and still that it's hard to tell where the water begins.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

The tallest unclimbed mountain in the world remains poorly charted out of respect for local spirits.

Legend has it a sacred treasure hidden by an ancient guru was revealed with a burning butter lamp from these waters.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.