A graveyard that dates back over 200 years stands near a busy shopping center.

The sole surviving building from Newgate village, a colonial settlement that was renamed Centreville in 1792 after it was granted town status by the Virginia Assembly.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

Not only is this nature preserve the largest protected freshwater island on the East Coast, but it’s also a stronghold of Gullah living.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

This town at the north edge of Myrtle Beach holds a wealth of Black history.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

Take in some Air Force history—and ogle some beautiful planes—at this little-known park near Myrtle Beach’s seashore.

If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.