A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

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

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

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

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

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

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 macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

The cafe that acts as the social hub for the small volcanic island of HMS Bounty fame.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.