Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

A gorilla holding a VW Beetle isn't what you'd expect in rural Vermont.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Vermont is the final resting place of soldiers, politicians, and a famous author.

Inside this old mill is a collection of images that will always remain frozen in time.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

One car at a time please.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.

This giant fiberglass cod celebrates Madison's self-proclaimed status as the U.S. capital of lutefisk.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.