Places AF Wants to Go

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

While seemingly a cruel joke, this bench actually honors an esteemed member of the community who passed away in 2006.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.

Not one, but two of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpieces nestled on the same street.

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

A glimpse into the sacrifices of military members during World War II.

A strange sandstone formation in the middle of nowhere presents an interesting climbing opportunity.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

The old building has been restored to its 1907 appearance.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.