The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

Designed by famed architect Horace King.

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.

An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

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

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.