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

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

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

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

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

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

An epic statue dedicated to the memory of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments of the U.S. Army

A massive museum preserving the United States culture and the home of Abraham Lincoln's sleigh.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.

A park where people have been going to feed friendly pigeons since the 18th century

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

This former monument to an invented Iraqi victory was turned into a military camp during the subsequent invasion.

Perched above the bustling town of Kerak is a sprawling, ruinous castle that has witnessed nearly a millennia of Levantine history.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.