Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

The smallest country in the world.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.