Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

The site of the fossilized remains of some of Earth’s earliest primitive, microbial life forms.

One of the oldest universities in the world exhibits thousands of specimens from its 700-year-old collection.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Ancient Phoenician and Roman tombs carved into the rock overlook the Moroccan coastline.

The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

A recreation of the bar from the classic 1942 movie “Casablanca.”

Writers such as Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, and Samuel Beckett frequented this Tangier bookstore.

Steel rings embedded in rock enable hikers to ascend a picturesque slot canyon in the Mojave Preserve.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The technology company Ericsson erected a real rune stone to mark the birthplace of the wireless technology.

Beginning as a white quartz gravel mine in the early 20th century, it was turned into a Christian-themed tunnel to present the core messages of the faith.