"Polynesia on the Plains."

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

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

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

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

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

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

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

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

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

The South Carolina competition challenges you to trap as much grits on your body as possible.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

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

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

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

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

No one knows how or why this painting appeared to produce crystallized tears.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.