Places AF Wants to Go

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.

The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.