Places AF Wants to Go

A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

The dress young Pierce wore prior to his breeching ceremony in the early 1800s is now on display for all to see.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

George Martin's Caribbean recording studio now rots within the shadow of an active volcano.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

This abandoned orphanage-turned-asylum witnessed a terrible chapter in Québec's history.

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.