North America's oldest authentic African Village.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

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

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.

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

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

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

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

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

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

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

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.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.