Places AF Wants to Go

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

One of “America’s Most Endangered Historic Places” is a building shaped like a giant turtle.

Walk down an otherwise nondescript alley near Washington Square West in South Philly and find yourself in a vivid, immersive mosaic wonderland.

Slated for demolition in 1962, the historic Pomeroy-Academia Covered Bridge was saved by conservationists.

Nature adventures await along this 1.2-mile scenic trail in a national wildlife refuge.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

A replica of a fort built from a frontier town's mass hysteria in the face of false reports of impending Native American violence.

This stone, said to have once been a young woman, is sacred to the Dakota and Lakota nations.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

Defy gravity at this fascinating Pyrenees overlook platform.

A beautiful modern church dedicated to the teleporting patron saint of Andorra.

You can still walk across this beautiful medieval bridge in Andorra.