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Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.

This former courthouse is allegedly the site of the last witch trial in the United States.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

This historic jailhouse was designed by famed architect Robert Mills.

One of few remaining marionette theatres in the United States that still conducts regular shows.

A wildlife-filled oasis just off the coast of 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.

Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.

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

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

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

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

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

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

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

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

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

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

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

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

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

Cabins once lived in by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are featured at this Old West living history museum.