Folly Beach, South Carolina
Folly Boat
Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.
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Folly Beach, South Carolina
Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.
Xcalacoop, Mexico
A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Durham, North Carolina
The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.
Corolla, North Carolina
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
Lake Lure, North Carolina
Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Manteo, North Carolina
Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
Cherokee, North Carolina
Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.
Frisco, North Carolina
The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks. .
Brevard, North Carolina
This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.
Sanford, North Carolina
An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.
Corolla, North Carolina
One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Macon, Georgia
The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.
Forks, Washington
A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.
La Push, Washington
Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.
Renton, Washington
The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.
Post Falls, Idaho
A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.
Spokane, Washington
This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.
Spokane, Washington
The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.