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

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

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

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

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This store also houses a museum dedicated to the history of these small, historic community shops.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Yo, Adrian!

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.