Places AF Wants to Go

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

The last remaining 19th-century mile marker along the historic Ocean Parkway.

The Father of the Erie Canal has a magnificent grave marker that redefines the term "final resting place."

This sculptural piece by the artist Tom Otterness doubles as a jungle gym.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

Designed by famed 20th-century architect Cass Gilbert, the future of this abandoned 1908 rail station is currently in limbo.

This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.

This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.

In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.

An interim housing alternative to FEMA trailers that is designed for densely populated areas during recovery and rebuilding following a natural disaster.

Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.

Ghostly specters are said to haunt this secluded cave where a famed Wampanoag leader spent the final days of his life.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.

This historic vessel on display in Massachusetts made a dozen scientific expeditions into the Arctic.

This sycamore is Connecticut's largest tree, New England's largest sycamore, and among the largest of its kind nationwide.

A tribute to the forgotten origins of American religious freedom.

A dilapidated Victorian mansion sits in the middle of a Virginia golf course.

This massive mural by famed pop-artist Keith Haring was hidden for almost 30 years until its 2018 rediscovery.

The world’s largest street art museum.

Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

Used as a military post in three different engagements, this fort has remained incomplete and unfired upon for nearly 200 years.