Places AF Wants to Go

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

Canada's oldest sugar maple has been growing since around 1500.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

This colonial mansion has been home to a staggering number of American historic figures.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.