Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.