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

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

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

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

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

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 only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.

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

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.

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.

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

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

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