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

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

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

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

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

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

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

Home to the abandoned Tioronda Hat Works Factory, this park is a combination of woodlands and marshlands.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

One of the last-standing and most prominent structures from a long-lost colonial port community.

This monument pays tribute to the musicians responsible for creating the Sound Of Asbury Park.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

This is the place where U2’s lead singer got his nickname.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

Designed to commemorate the king's coronation.