Places AF Wants to Go

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

The 19th-century home of Count and Countess von Hallwyl is now a museum.

Although outnumbered, the Tecumseh Confederacy defeated a large regiment of United States troops.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

When North America was covered in ice, this was an oasis in the frozen desert.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.

A miniature city within a city, complete with traffic signs, signals, and streets to teach Baltimore's youth traffic safety laws.

This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.

This fortress was designed to prevent a Nazi invasion but was never used.

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.

Alongside a scenic road are the remains of crumbling World War II gun emplacement.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

Visible at low tide, this rusting vessel is one of the last surviving examples of the X-Class "Midget" submarines.

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

Rent a barrel for a personal view of where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.