The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

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

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

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

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

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

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

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

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

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

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

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

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

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.