An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

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

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

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

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

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

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

This massive vault of comedic history is no joke.

No one knows how or why this painting appeared to produce crystallized tears.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

This facility, now a museum, once housed and trained U.S. Army Air Force pilots who flew during the Allied invasion of Normandy.