The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

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

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

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

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

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.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.