Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

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

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

Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.

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

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

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

This historic home of the shag is keeping a Southern dance tradition going strong.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

Once a safe haven for Black patrons and performers—including Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington—during the Jim Crow era, portions of this nightclub and motel have been restored to welcome a new kind of visitor.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

This steam locomotive served as both an interesting static display and unique playground equipment since 1959.

These three pillboxes still remain as a witness of the Spanish Civil War in a park of Madrid.

Shrapnel scars and bullet holes from the Spanish Civil War can still be seen in this monument to Spanish doctor Federico Rubio.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

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