Take in some Air Force history—and ogle some beautiful planes—at this little-known park near Myrtle Beach’s seashore.

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

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

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

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

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

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

The first documented commercial gold find in the United States.

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

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

This delightful attraction features over a dozen miniature train layouts which you can operate and interact with.

Some of the smallest works of art in existence.

Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.

The world's largest sundial can cast a shadow more than 1,600 feet long.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.