Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

A nearly 200-year-old Catholic mission built to serve the native people of Idaho.

This hulking rock formation balances on a pedestal that is 3 feet by 17 inches.

An old greyhound bus station that's been converted into a movie theater and bar, celebrating cult-classic movies and acting as a hub for Idaho-based independent film production.

A volcanic core jutting above the plain between the Snake and Boise Rivers, a marker identifies the reference point for all U.S. Government Surveys in Idaho.

A lava tube cooled to form this long tunnel that stays chilly even at the height of summer.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.