Places Opinicus Wants to Go

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

A Medieval Water Tower in the Heart of Massachusetts.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.