Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

This antique shop features a large collection of ornaments amassed by an Ohio florist who helped decorate the White House for the holidays.

This Ohio cemetery is home to the remains of many Confederate officers and soldiers who were once held nearby as prisoners of war.

After a battle with Congress, Webb C. Hayes installed the gates of the White House on the fence of his father's Presidential Library and Museum.

How did a former First Lady's tiara wind up being sold to a pawn shop on reality TV?

The childhood home of the Wright Brothers in Dayton.

Pay your respects at the final resting place of the man behind one of the best-known names in food.

Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.

The playful side of the Columbus community is on full display.

A free park where visitors can learn about and collect 440 million-year-old fossils.

A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

A larger than life statue of a steelworker keeps watch over a closed steel mill.