Places Opinicus Wants to Go

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

Final resting place of the two women killed on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

A collection of birdhouses await curious motorists and avian squatters.