Places AF Wants to Go

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

The ruins of this medieval tower are destined to crumble into the sea.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The ruins of a 15th-century church once home to priests who prayed for a single family's salvation.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.

An abandoned anti-smuggling station decays along the boundary between Portugal and Spain.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.