Places timeckert1990 Wants to Go

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

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

During the American Revolutionary War, iron excavated from this mine was used to make swords, cannons, and more.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.

The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

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

A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.