A science teacher's dream.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

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

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

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.

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

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

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

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

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

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

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

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