Places Opinicus Wants to Go

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

This gallery is home to everything from antiques, to ancient tribal masks.

One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

This clock tower is all that remains of Bird Hall, constructed by one of the founding families of this Massachusetts town.

A small, red building located along a state highway where the 18th Vice President made shoes in his youth.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

An anonymous art project beneath Longfellow Bridge where hundreds of trophies line the steel support beams.

The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.