Places AF Wants to Go

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

Picture yourself in history with this working collection of vintage photobooths.

This 19th century wooden span is one of only four retractile bridges in the United States.

Every spring brings a colorful tribute to this wizardly actor's most famous role.

Bent but not broken, this massive tree has stood in the garden for over a century.

A small piece of Scotland sits in a park in Lower Manhattan.

Designed by Calvert Vaux, this former post office now serves as a home for the local arts.

A 19th century bank turned into a 6-story immersive art experience.

National Mall monument to the inventor of the screw propeller.

An antiquarian horologist’s mysterious home in Old Goucher.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

A statue commemorating a 16-year old girl's nighttime ride to raise a militia against attacking British troops.

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

A memorial dedicated to the famed North Pole explorer appropriately sits at the far edge of Arlington National Cemetery.

Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

A striking, modern church devoted to a nun who loved God and beer.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Originally a mission, what may be the oldest building on Maui is now a museum of the island’s history.

Under some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi, this park invites you to look up into the Milky Way.

Abandoned 37.5' diameter rusted metal sphere sitting in the woods.

The home of the founder of American landscape architecture puts his principles into practice.