This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

The oldest building in Charleston was used to store gunpowder during the American Revolution.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

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

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

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

This triangular lighthouse is one of the most modern in the U.S.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Visit a memorial to the Wesley brothers, one the founder of Methodism and one a writer of over 6,500 hymns.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

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