Places AF Wants to Go

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

Former WWI oil tanker played a variety of roles in history, its tantalizing rum-flavored scent being the only constant.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."

Featuring one of the most complete and original collections of Presidential memorabilia, this is the site of the last front porch presidential campaigns.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.