Places Opinicus Wants to Go

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.