Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

These murals have been brightening a Chicago beach for more than 30 years.

In the middle of Calvary Cemetery stands this singular memorial to a small boy who died too young.

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

This graveyard is home to the so-called "Witch's Circle."

A 30-foot-tall goat tower in central Illinois is home to a herd of Swiss ungulates.

Tiny treasures, giant murals, and strange sculptures decorate the windows and doors of this abandoned building.

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.