Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

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

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.