Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Population: three people, two dogs, and one old grouch.

Two geologically young and nearly circular volcanic subsidence craters, each about a half-mile in diameter, abruptly break the nearly featureless Snake River Plain.

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.