Find out about some of the places you can visit in different areas of our state...that are not all that far away! Enjoy your travels!
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The front hall of Camden's Mulberry Plantation, with its beautiful interior curving stairway, did not escape the decorative impact of the Victorian era. (For examples of the external decoration of the...
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The gardens of the Hampton-Preston Mansion in Columbia, sketched here by the artists for "Harper's Weekly," April 15, 1865, when the mansion briefly served as Sherman's headquarters. The maze was...
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Drayton Hall, built between 1738 and 1742 by John Drayton on the banks of the Ashley River in St. Andrew's Parish, Charleston County, has been declared a National Historic Landmark. It is currently...
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This video produced and provided by the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism.
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The Columbia City Waterworks were completed in January of 1907 to pump water from the Columbia Canal and treat it before pumping it to serve the city's residents. Before the construction of this...
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Middleton Place was one of the great plantations along the Ashley River. A three story brick house was probably built around 1705 by John Williams. His daughter married Henry Middleton and after their...
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Main Lobby The main lobby includes the outside facade, the false dome, the dome room, which leads to the outer dome, and hand-carved mahogany doors, which provide entrance to the Joint Legislative...
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In the aftermath of the 1876 election, Wade Hampton III stood on the steps of the State House on November 28, 1876, urging his followers to avoid acts of violence. Hampton and the Democrats elected to...
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In December of 1861, a great fire swept through Charleston, destroying much of the city, and making the defense of the city even more difficult. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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The housetops of Charleston during the bombardment of Fort Sumter. From "Harper's Weekly." Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
