Places TuckOff Wants to Go

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.

This historic jailhouse was designed by famed architect Robert Mills.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

One of few remaining marionette theatres in the United States that still conducts regular shows.

The last refinements in the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary were marked with this stone.

A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.

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

A charming monument to a very special dog.

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

The ruins of this once-grand mansion are linked to one of the country’s most popular clothing brands.

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

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.

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

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

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

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

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