A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.

A charming monument to a very special dog.

Hidden in this little-known town stands a piece of agriculture history.

An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

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

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

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

A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

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

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

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

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.