Places Michael Barera Wants to Go

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

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

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

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

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

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A fascinating aviation museum where you can chat with the veterans who once flew the aircraft on display.