The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

A 16th-century artillery fort built to protect England against European invasion.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

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

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

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

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

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

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

The picturesque southern city served as the zombie-filled town of Woodbury in 'The Walking Dead.'

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

Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.

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

Like Mars, but much closer.

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

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.