Places Hairywombat Wants to Go

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

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

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

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

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

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

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

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

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

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

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

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

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.