Of all the unique artifacts inside this library, a mummified hand stands out among the others.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

The rock on which Moll Dyer was found frozen to death is said to still bear her handprint.

Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Honoring combatants from Portsmouth who served in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

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

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

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

Once a safe haven for Black patrons and performers—including Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington—during the Jim Crow era, portions of this nightclub and motel have been restored to welcome a new kind of visitor.

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 statue of two men in a rowboat was erected to honor those who died while fishing in the Chesapeake Bay.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.