Chester, South Carolina
Chester County Historical Society Museum
This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.
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Chester, South Carolina
This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.
Oak Island, North Carolina
The remains of a 19th century cargo ship now sits in the middle of a quaint neighborhood after a century spent on the ocean floor.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Maggie Valley, North Carolina
A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.
Supply, North Carolina
Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.
Supply, North Carolina
This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Bolton, North Carolina
Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.
Bowman, South Carolina
This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.
High Point, North Carolina
A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.
Lando, South Carolina
An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.
Claremont, North Carolina
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Hildebran, North Carolina
An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.
Troutman, North Carolina
A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.
Gaffney, South Carolina
The record holder for the world’s largest peach.
Spartanburg, South Carolina
A charming monument to a very special dog.
Lancaster, South Carolina
A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.
Fort Lawn, South Carolina
Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.
Rock Hill, South Carolina
The ruins of this once-grand mansion are linked to one of the country’s most popular clothing brands.
Rock Hill, South Carolina
A library of poems cascade off the branches of this unsuspecting tree.
Thomasville, North Carolina
A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.
Hartsville, South Carolina
The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.