Places Scones Wants to Go

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

This former hunting grounds that once attracted U.S. presidents and other luminaries. Now it’s a privately owned research reserve dedicated to environmental sciences.

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

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

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

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.

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

Spend a hour meandering, breathing, and learning along this lovely untouted path that connects historic gardens.

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

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.

A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.

The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.