The childhood home of a Tampa sports legend now houses 135 years of baseball memorabilia.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

The revival of a classic Art Deco theater.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

Along a coast that sees the annual migration of humpback whales, a geological formation that takes the shape of a whale’s tail.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

This colossal underground passage paved the way for large-scale drainage and access tunnels across the U.S., but it almost wasn’t built.

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

A wildlife-filled oasis just off the coast of Myrtle Beach.

Get some farm-to-table history at this living history museum, where you’ll learn what farm life was like a hundred years ago.

The story of the country’s most famous sports magazine began at a historic Myrtle Beach golf club.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.

This former hunting grounds that once attracted U.S. presidents and other luminaries. Now it’s a privately owned research reserve dedicated to environmental sciences.

Not only is this nature preserve the largest protected freshwater island on the East Coast, but it’s also a stronghold of Gullah living.

This Myrtle Beach art museum features a rotating display of pieces by artists from James Audubon to Frank Lloyd Wright, but it’s their collection of Southern works that truly impresses.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

Take in some Air Force history—and ogle some beautiful planes—at this little-known park near Myrtle Beach’s seashore.

If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.