Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Nine tiny mice sculptures hide in plain sight along Main Street.

This oddities museum and folk art environment encourages visitors to play, explore, create, and even add to the environment itself.

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

Catch beautiful views at the graffitied observation deck on this mountain top.

A semi-retired nurse’s record-setting collection of 3,000 tiny chairs.

A celebration of one man’s obsession to collect the strangest items imaginable.

Turns out fishing with dynamite isn't all that safe.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

Where you can experience the story of Appalachia, as told by Appalachians.

An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

This "living building" on Georgia Tech's campus is home to a blueberry orchard, honeybees, and more than 900 solar panels.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.