Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Kirk's 1890 Ice Cream Parlor
The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Once a safe haven for Black patrons and performers—including Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington—during the Jim Crow era, portions of this nightclub and motel have been restored to welcome a new kind of visitor.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.
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.
Charles City, Virginia
John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.
Petersburg, Virginia
An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.
Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Lucama, North Carolina
The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.
Smithfield, North Carolina
The replica western town of Shadowhawk was built by a former Hollywood actor in Smithfield, North Carolina.
Florence, South Carolina
"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.
Savannah, Georgia
Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.
Yemassee, South Carolina
Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.
Seabrook, South Carolina
North America's oldest authentic African Village.
Beaufort, South Carolina
The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.
Morgan Island, South Carolina
4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Charleston, South Carolina
Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.
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
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.