Places Opinicus Wants to Go

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

A quirky museum paying tribute to the history of the optical industry.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.

Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.