Places Opinicus Wants to Go

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

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