Charleston, South Carolina
Old Slave Mart
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
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Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Charleston, South Carolina
Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.
Charleston, South Carolina
Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.
St. Simons Island, Georgia
Visit a memorial to the Wesley brothers, one the founder of Methodism and one a writer of over 6,500 hymns.
Savannah, Georgia
The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.
Savannah, Georgia
A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.
Savannah, Georgia
A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.
Savannah, Georgia
These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.
Savannah, Georgia
"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Savannah, Georgia
This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Suches, Georgia
They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.
Clarkesville, Georgia
A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit.
Saint Simons Island, Georgia
The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.
Savannah, Georgia
An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.
Savannah, Georgia
This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.
Thunderbolt, Georgia
A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."
Savannah, Georgia
More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.
Savannah, Georgia
This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.