Places ElizabethR324 Wants to Go

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

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

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

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

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

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

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

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

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

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

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

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

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.