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

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

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

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

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

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

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

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

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

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

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.

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

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

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

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

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

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

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

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

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