Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

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

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

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

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

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

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

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.