Places jakechouston Wants to Go

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.