Places jakechouston Wants to Go

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

A tropical paradise once home to space exploration and military installations.

In Bermuda, this formal naval residence has become a go-to for cliff-jumpers and hikers.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.