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

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

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

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

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

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

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

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

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

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

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

What better place to take a seat?

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

A collection of memorabilia from the estate of former professional wrestler Andre the Giant.

Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.