Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.

One of few remaining marionette theatres in the United States that still conducts regular shows.

A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

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.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

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

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.

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

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

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

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

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

This whimsical outsider art wall holds tiny treasures donated by the local community.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.