Places AF Wants to Go

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

The humble field where the first Major League Baseball game was played.

This abandoned plantation was once witness to an eclipse that proved Einstein's theory of relativity.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.

All that remains of the fishing-vessel-turned-warship is its weathered hull.

A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.