Places authorsofthearmillary Wants to Go

The story of the country’s most famous sports magazine began at a historic Myrtle Beach golf club.

Nine tiny mice sculptures hide in plain sight along Main Street.

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

This Myrtle Beach art museum features a rotating display of pieces by artists from James Audubon to Frank Lloyd Wright, but it’s their collection of Southern works that truly impresses.

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

A library of poems cascade off the branches of this unsuspecting tree.

A charming monument to a very special dog.

This oddities museum and folk art environment encourages visitors to play, explore, create, and even add to the environment itself.

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

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

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

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

A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.

The ruins of this once-grand mansion are linked to one of the country’s most popular clothing brands.

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

A whimsical folk art environment where you can lose yourself in the many colors of joy, beauty, and creativity.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

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

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

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

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

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