Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

During segregation, this Orlando hotel hosted performers like Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Now it's a museum dedicated to preserving local Black history.

This general store is stocked with memorabilia from the 1930s onward—almost none of it for sale.

Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.

Play over 120 retro arcade games and pinball machines at this throwback museum.

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past.

This whimsical outsider art wall holds tiny treasures donated by the local community.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.