Places AF Wants to Go

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

Near Belgrade, an ancient-looking sarcophagus serves as a World War I monument.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.

The ruins of a medieval castle that once belonged to one of the most powerful families in the Netherlands.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

One of two identical monuments marking the sites of military training encampments in Peoria, Illinois.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

This restored eighth-century palace is a shining example of ancient Umayyad architecture.

A serene public space nestled within the remains of Glasgow’s Victorian maternity hospital

This remarkably well-preserved mosque stands amid an 11th-century caravansary.

The defensive tower was built centuries ago to warn locals of Berber pirate attacks.