Places AF Wants to Go

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

Constructed during the 7th century this is one of the oldest largely intact Christian churches in England.

These ruins are a monument to the region's industrial heritage, and the site of England's worst mining tragedy.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

This now-defunct synthetic fuel plant was once a major cog in the Nazi war machine.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

This small interfaith chapel lies not far from the rim of the Grand Canyon.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.