Places jakechouston Wants to Go

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

Now a ruin, this grand resort was coveted by a communist autocrat and an eccentric Japanese golfer.

A stunning little chapel built on a rock in the Mediterranean Sea on the Greek island of Leros.

An important example of architectural history slowly decays in the city center.

This church combines Christian, Byzantine, and ancient Greek architectural elements.

A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.

A dark, narrow tunnel that leads to a charming lake and waterfall.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'