The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

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

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

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 rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

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

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

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

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

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

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

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

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

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

This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.

The ruins of this once gorgeous medieval church are still standing, despite the region's constant flooding.