Places caitlinhug7 Wants to Go

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

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

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

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

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.