Savannah, Georgia
1996 Olympic Yachting Cauldron
A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.
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Savannah, Georgia
A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.
Savannah, Georgia
The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.
Savannah, Georgia
This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.
Savannah, Georgia
An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.
Savannah, Georgia
An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
Yemassee, South Carolina
Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.
Hardeeville, South Carolina
A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Charleston, South Carolina
A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.
Charleston, South Carolina
Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Georgetown, South Carolina
A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
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.
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
From the 1940 Ford Coupe that started it all 50 years ago, this collection of over 150 classic vehicles celebrates the spirit and history of American car craft.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The story of the country’s most famous sports magazine began at a historic Myrtle Beach golf club.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Take in some Air Force history—and ogle some beautiful planes—at this little-known park near Myrtle Beach’s seashore.
Conway, South Carolina
This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
Petersburg, Virginia
An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.