One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

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

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.