This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

This massive vault of comedic history is no joke.

No one knows how or why this painting appeared to produce crystallized tears.