Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

Bizarre Cavern.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

In an alcove of this historic library, you can find murals painted in the 1930s by an artist who went on to create some of Disney's most iconic animated films.

This rowhouse doubles as one of the most photographed spots in the nation's capital.

This small hilltop church weaves the urban history of Washington, D.C. with the national history of the United States.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.

A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.