Places jakechouston Wants to Go

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

A space-age 1950s pavilion on a secluded path is full of Toronto history surprises.

An abandoned skate park located in the middle of the wilderness.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.

Small rustic cabin nested in the mountains of Killington, Vermont.