This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

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

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

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

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

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

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

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.