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A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

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

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

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

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

Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.

The smallest and oldest covered bridge in Delaware.

The mistake that launched the commercial broiler chicken industry is immortalized in the town where it took place.

This relic is one of the last survivors of the earliest eras of the American railroad.

Delaware's first railroad lasted only five years and spanned only 16 miles, but its ticket office has survived for two centuries.

This wildflower meadow was once the site of America's oldest operating paper mill and a symbol of Newark's manufacturing past.

This relief sculpture depicts America’s most famous coffee break.

This historic Georgian mansion contains a hidden room that was used to harbor a fugitive in the days of the Underground Railroad.

This 17th-century place of worship still celebrates holidays in the traditional Swedish fashion.

This unassuming brick building has survived fires, storms, and more to bring entertainment to one Delaware town.

In Wilmington's hip Trolley Square neighborhood, a utility box has been repainted to resemble a classic gumball machine.

In October 1856, Harriet Tubman escaped arrest at this site while attempting to reunite an enslaved woman named Tilly with her fiancé.

Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.

This heritage rail line meanders through Delaware’s Red Clay Valley.

A statue of the English poet for whom this Delaware town is named is ritually dressed in seasonally appropriate clothing.