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This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

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

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

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

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

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

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

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.