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

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

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

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

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

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

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

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

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

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

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

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

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

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

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

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.