North America's oldest authentic African Village.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

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.

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

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

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

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

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

"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.

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.

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

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

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

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.