Places Opinicus Wants to Go

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.

This little gem of a museum is a hidden jewel filled with prehistoric treasures.

This Nebraska museum was once the smallest courthouse in America.

A Winnebago Tribe collection featuring arrowheads, artwork, and a mysterious rock carving.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.