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

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Spend a hour meandering, breathing, and learning along this lovely untouted path that connects historic gardens.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

The oldest building in Charleston was used to store gunpowder during the American Revolution.

An advertising mural tempering the behavior of Charleston’s children since the late 1800s.

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

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

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

A cannonball from Union forces battling John Hunt Morgan made this church a permanent home.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.