Places jakechouston Wants to Go

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.