Places Opinicus Wants to Go

Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

A series of eerie metal stick figures are spread out over four square miles on the bed of a huge salt lake in the Australian Outback.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

This tiny town features a tiny town that acts as a 3D snapshot of the town during the 1950s.

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.