Places hcromley Wants to Go

A wildlife-filled oasis just off the coast of Myrtle Beach.

The South Carolina competition challenges you to trap as much grits on your body as possible.

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

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

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.