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Let's Go!

Virtual reality tours of some of South Carolina’s most interesting historical sites on your desktop computer or the Matterport App. Each tour includes an overview video and photo gallery.

Grades 3-12

Check out virtual reality tours of some of South Carolina’s most interesting historical sites on your desktop computer or the Matterport App. Each tour includes an overview video and photo gallery.

In 2020, SCETV won a Bronze Telly Award in the "Immersive & Mixed Reality Craft-Use of VR" category for Let's Go! View the press release. The Telly Awards annually showcase the best work created within television and across video for all screens. Receiving more than 12,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents, Telly Award winners represent work from some of the most respected advertising agencies, television stations, production companies and publishers from around the world.

In 2018, SCETV won the Gold AVA Digital Award for Knowitall's Let's Go! View the press release. 

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Series Civil Rights 360
Civil Rights 360

View these schools and locations and learn more about their history!

Series Avery Research Center
Avery Research Center

The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture is located on the site of the former Avery Normal Institute.

Series Benjamin Mays Historical Preservation Site
Benjamin Mays Historical Preservation Site

The childhood home of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays

Series Bettis Academy
Bettis Academy

Rev. Alexander Bettis, a former slave who could read but couldn't write, established Bettis Academy in 1882 to provide education for African-Americans in South Carolina.

Series Booker T. Washington High School
Booker T. Washington High School

From 1915-1974, Booker T. Washington High School served as a separate educational system for young African-Americans in Columbia, South Carolina.

Series Catawba Cultural Center
Catawba Cultural Center
Series Columbia Museum of Art
Columbia Museum of Art

The Columbia Museum of Art sparks powerful connections through art from around the corner and around the world in an environment that is welcoming to all.

Series Florence C. Benson Elementary School
Florence C. Benson Elementary School

The Florence C. Benson Elementary School was built in 1953-55 as Wheeler Hill School to serve African American students of the community and as a replacement for the overcrowded Celia Dial Saxon Negro Elementary...

Series Fort Hill Plantation
Fort Hill Plantation

Fort Hill, the antebellum plantation of John C. Calhoun, South Carolina’s pre-eminent 19th century statesman.

Series Fort Moultrie
Fort Moultrie

The first fort on Sullivan's Island

Series H. L. Hunley Museum
H. L. Hunley Museum

The H.L. Hunley submarine made history during the American Civil War when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat.

Series Historic Brattonsville
Historic Brattonsville

Located in York County near Rock Hill, Brattonsville is home to structures that range from a pre-Revolutionary War cabin to an antebellum plantation.

Series Historic Scott’s Branch High School
Historic Scott’s Branch High School

The original Scott’s Branch High School was formed to serve African American students in Summerton, South Carolina.

Series Lamar High School
Lamar High School
Series Mann-Simons Site
Mann-Simons Site

The Mann-Simons Site, home to the same entrepreneurial African American family for nearly 130 years.

Series Modjeska Monteith Simkins House
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House

Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, considered "the Matriarch of Civil Rights activists of South Carolina," from 1932 until her death on April 5, 1992.

Series Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Series Penn Center
Penn Center

The Penn Center, formerly the Penn School, is an African American cultural and educational center in the Corners Community, on Saint Helena Island.

Series Powder Magazine
Powder Magazine

Completed by 1713, The Powder Magazine is the oldest governmental building in South Carolina.

Series SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum
SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum

The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum's mission is to collect and preserve the military history of this state.

Series South Carolina Military Museum
South Carolina Military Museum

The museum features a timeline of South Carolina military history within two full exhibit galleries available for visitors to explore

Series South Carolina State House
South Carolina State House

Located in the capital city of Columbia, the State House and its grounds are a living monument to South Carolina’s rich history.

Series Upcountry History Museum
Upcountry History Museum

The Upcountry History Museum is a history museum in Greenville, South Carolina.

Series USS Yorktown at Patriot's Point
USS Yorktown at Patriot's Point

USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier that served with the US Navy in World War II and the Vietnam War.

Series Woodrow Wilson Family Home
Woodrow Wilson Family Home

The Woodrow Wilson House in Columbia is the only museum in the nation dedicated to telling the story of Reconstruction.

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Cellar Beneath Assembly Hall | Historic Brattonsville

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Cellar Beneath Assembly Hall | Historic Brattonsville
Episode 24
Below the Assembly Hall is the cellar, which acted as a central storage and work area, and was used for food preparation. A dumb waiter was used to bring items from the cellar to the dining room.
Work Barn & Small Corn Crib | Historic Brattonsville

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Work Barn & Small Corn Crib | Historic Brattonsville
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Left : Work Barn Right: Small Corn Crib for storing corn. After harvesting the corn, it would be left in the crib to dry with the shucks still on. After it dried out and the shucks were removed, it...
Cotton | Historic Brattonsville

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Cotton | Historic Brattonsville
Cotton was a very important cash crop for families like the Brattons, who not only raised grain crops like wheat, oats and corn, but also raised cotton, which gave them the economic capital to...
Cotton Gin | Historic Brattonsville

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Cotton Gin | Historic Brattonsville
A cotton gin was used to clean the cotton, removing the seeds and stems Did you know that the word "gin," as in cotton gin, was an abbreviation for the word "engine"?
Spinning Wheel | Historic Brattonsville

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Spinning Wheel | Historic Brattonsville
Spinning wheel used in the 18th century by the Bratton women, and in the 19th century by slaves, as women became more socially active.
Assembly/Dining Hall | Historic Brattonsville

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Assembly/Dining Hall | Historic Brattonsville
Episode 22
The exterior of the Assembly/Dining Hall. It was used for formal dinners, parties, recitals, and dances. This addition to the house stood as a sign of their wealth and status in the community.
Brick House & Remains of Store | Historic Brattonsville

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Brick House & Remains of Store | Historic Brattonsville
Episode 30
To the right of the historical marker is the Brick House, the last of the original Bratton Plantation buildings, constructed between 1843 and 1845. To the right of that are the remnants of the Bratton...
Homestead House | Historic Brattonsville

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Homestead House | Historic Brattonsville
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The Homestead House was built between 1823 and 1826. This is where Dr. John Bratton and his family resided. He was a physician, as well as a farmer, and his success in agriculture, growing grains and...