One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

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

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

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

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

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

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

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

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

The "Sultan of Swat" once attended a school at the site of this baseball field.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.