A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

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

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

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.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

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

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

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

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

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Along with his smaller donkey pal, he guards the museum’s exhibits and memorabilia.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

A fascinating aviation museum where you can chat with the veterans who once flew the aircraft on display.