Places Valente Wants to Go

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

America's first public mental health facility.

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

This historic drug store-turned-museum served an important role in the Civil Rights Movement.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.