So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

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

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.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

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

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

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.

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