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

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

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

An old railway building commemorates one of Mexico's most celebrated lucha libre stars.

A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.