The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

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

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.

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

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

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

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

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

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

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

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.