Places LeslieDriskill Wants to Go

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

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

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

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

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

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

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

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

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

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

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

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

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