Places AF Wants to Go

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.