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This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

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

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

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.

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.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

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 record holder for the world’s largest peach.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

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

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

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

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

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

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

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

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

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