Not only is this nature preserve the largest protected freshwater island on the East Coast, but it’s also a stronghold of Gullah living.

Take in some Air Force history—and ogle some beautiful planes—at this little-known park near Myrtle Beach’s seashore.

The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

At the end of a street is a statue with no indication as to why it was created.

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.

A wonderous place devoted to art and metal.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

An artifact taken from one of America's shortest wars.