Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The oldest building in Charleston was used to store gunpowder during the American Revolution.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This 1920s mansion in the Outer Banks has some of the best examples of Art Nouveau ornamentations in the United States.

This historic Art Nouveau mansion has guided tours and impressive views of the Currituck Sound.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

The longest pier in North America stretches over the Chesapeake Bay.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Amphibious mascots display a quirkier side to this luxury hotel's rich history.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.