Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

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

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.

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

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

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

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

The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

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

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

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

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.