Places AF Wants to Go

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

This century old flensing port is a remnant of a culture for whom whaling is still legal.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

A complicated, forgotten beacon of hope for thousands of immigrants, "Canada's Emerald Isle" lies in ruin.

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.