Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

The world's longest known cave system.

Stroll around the headstones of notable figures from Knoxville's history, as well as towering monoliths and melancholic headstones.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.