Places Opinicus Wants to Go

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.