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

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

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

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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

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.

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

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.

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

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