Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

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

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

This town at the north edge of Myrtle Beach holds a wealth of Black history.

This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

Honoring combatants from Portsmouth who served in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

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

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

Tombstone of a dog that greeted passengers at the Southern Railway Depot.