Landrum, South Carolina
Silver Springs Filling Station
Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.
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Landrum, South Carolina
Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.
Conway, South Carolina
This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.
Charleston, South Carolina
Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.
Walterboro, South Carolina
This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.
Beaufort, South Carolina
The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.
Edisto Island, South Carolina
This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.
Clinton, South Carolina
Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.
Charleston, South Carolina
Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.
Barnwell, South Carolina
The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.
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.
Charleston, South Carolina
Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.
Beaufort, South Carolina
This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."
Walhalla, South Carolina
A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.
Hardeeville, South Carolina
A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.
Columbia, South Carolina
An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.
Sunset, South Carolina
The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.
Columbia, South Carolina
The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.
Bishopville, South Carolina
A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.
Kershaw, South Carolina
Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.