Places Opinicus Wants to Go

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.

Blackfoot petroglyphs of southern Alberta which date back as far as 7000 B.C.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.