Places AF Wants to Go

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

This Nebraska museum was once the smallest courthouse in America.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

The remains of an attempt to carve a thriving metropolis from the forest, and once home to the first revolving door in North America.