Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

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

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

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

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A symbol of Texas pride.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.