Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

This 4.5-meter-tall statue of a native Australian bird marks Hydro Aluminium's 40th year in the area.

An ancient rock engraving shows Aboriginals used their advanced knowledge of the stars to hunt and gather.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

This narrow path was cut right into a French mountainside to feed the country's early naval expansion.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.