Charleston, South Carolina
The Waring Historical Library
Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach Colored School Museum
This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.
Bishopville, South Carolina
The Button Museum
A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.
Charleston, South Carolina
Unitarian Church Cemetery
Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.
Hartsville, South Carolina
The Last Yogi Bear Honey Fried Chicken Restaurant
The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.
Johns Island, South Carolina
The Angel Oak
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Permanently Closed
Concord, North Carolina
The Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School
The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Gainesville-Midland 301
This steam locomotive served as both an interesting static display and unique playground equipment since 1959.
Thomasville, North Carolina
'The Chair'
A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.
Madison, North Carolina
Madison Dry Goods and Country Store
The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Thomas Wolfe's Angel
This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'
Fayetteville, North Carolina
1897 Poe House
A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Pine Forest Cemetery
For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.
Shelby, North Carolina
International Lineman Museum
This museum is dedicated to the workers that help keep the power on.
Raleigh, North Carolina
The Daily Planet Theater
This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.
Morrisville, North Carolina
Fabius Page's Mule and Horse Graveyard
Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.
Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Robert E. Harrill Burial Site
This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.
Morganton, North Carolina
Green Eggs and Jam
An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.
Mooresville, North Carolina
North Carolina's 12th Congressional District
Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
World Methodist Museum
Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Brady C Jefcoat Museum
A vast collection of everyday items amassed by one man.
Gibsonville, North Carolina
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.
Asheville, North Carolina
Thomas Wolfe Memorial
An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
First Official 4th of July Celebration Plaque
This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.
