This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

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The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.