Places Charles WV Wants to Go

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of 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.

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

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

For the deepest sleep of your life, head 1,375 feet underground in Wales.

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

A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.

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

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

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

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

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.