Places Valente Wants to Go

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

It could once load ships with tons of coal in an hour before its closing in 1952.

The South Carolina competition challenges you to trap as much grits on your body as possible.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

The oldest building in Charleston was used to store gunpowder during the American Revolution.

Nine tiny mice sculptures hide in plain sight along Main Street.

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

Once a safe haven for Black patrons and performers—including Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington—during the Jim Crow era, portions of this nightclub and motel have been restored to welcome a new kind of visitor.

The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.

Hidden in this little-known town stands a piece of agriculture history.

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

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 rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

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

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

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

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.