Places AF Wants to Go

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

Explore the ruins of war and maritime history along this gorgeously ferocious North Atlantic seascape.

This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.

Small church built in the 19th century for whites and slaves to worship together.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.