Places jakechouston Wants to Go

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

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.

This miniature take on the Kremlin is one Dutch man's retirement project.

This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.

Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

Ruins of an old water tower that look like a horror-film castle.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.

The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?