Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

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

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.

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

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

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

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

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

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

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

This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.