Places AF Wants to Go

In use from 1742 to 1910, only flat headstones were allowed in this cemetery.

An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.

Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.

Dedicated to extinct passenger pigeons.

This original Mason-Dixon line cairn placed in the 1760s was put in the wrong location because of the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains.

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin all slept at this humble inn.

This museum focuses on the history and culture of the German settlers in Pennsylvania.

This is the spot where the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War may have started.

This overlooked courtyard and museum celebrate Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements.

This 1802 building is the last remaining octagonal schoolhouse in Bucks County.

Benjamin Lay, a fiery abolitionist, is buried outside the Quaker meeting house that disowned him for his beliefs.

The 570-ton boulder that gave a New Jersey town its name.

Once the center of food production for this small town.

These conical kilns measure an impressive 30 feet in diameter, and were once used to produce charcoal for a local blast furnace.

The famed poet was born in 1819 in a farmhouse built by his father.

This historic fort spans more the 300 years.

This century-old independent movie theater with an iconic Art Deco neon sign survived a devastating fire in 2016.

A 19th-century blast furnace that played a big role in the area’s industrial development.

The remnants of what was once the largest film studio on the East Coast are hiding in plain sight.

After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.

A unique collection of figures perform down the facade of the Gene Frankel Theatre.

This sign marks the start and end of Matt Green's nearly 10,000-mile quest to walk every block of every street in New York City.

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.