Places Opinicus Wants to Go

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

The oldest house in Lindsborg, Kansas, includes some fascinating inscriptions.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.

Three buildings constructed of over 25,000 multicolored glass bottles.

Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Enjoy egg rolls and live music in a converted bank vault.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.