The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

They founded the game company that made Clue, Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, and Sorry!

According to legend, the Devil left a footprint behind after an epic showdown with a traveling priest.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

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

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

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

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.

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

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.