This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

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

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

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

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

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A safe space and resource for anything and everything relating to sex and sexuality.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

Constructed in 1676, this stone memorial is believed to be the oldest veteran's memorial in the United States.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.