The replica western town of Shadowhawk was built by a former Hollywood actor in Smithfield, North Carolina.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

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

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

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

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

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

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

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

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

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

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

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.