One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

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.

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

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

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

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

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

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

A white oak with property rights.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.