Charleston Attractions

 
Charleston

If you want to see a well preserved "Southern belle" and breathe the atmosphere of the old white South, you must go to Charleston. Built on a peninsula where the Cooper River and the Ashley River flow into the Atlantic, it retains, to a greater extent than any other town in the southern states, the luxurious, almost aristocratic, ambience of the great days of plantation society - dependent as it was on the sweat and the misery of the blacks. A walk or a drive in a horse-drawn carriage through the Historic District, with its Georgian mansions fronted by verandas and Classical columns and its slender church towers, makes it easy to see why the heroine of "Gone with the Wind" preferred to live in Charleston.

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The Charleston Historic District is comprised of buildings dating from the18th and 19th C. Three of the most famous of these are the City Market, the Powder Magazine, and St Philip's.

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In front of the Charleston Museum stands a historic Confederate submarine. Inside the museum focuses on the cultural and natural history of Charleston and the coast.
Picture of Magnolia Plantation

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The main attraction at Magnolia Plantation is the garden. It was designed in 1680, making it one of the oldest in North America.

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Charleston Surroundings

Read More Fort Sumter National Monument

The historic Fort Sumter stands at the entrance to the harbor and can be visited on a boat trip.

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Beautiful colors along the waters edge at the Magnolia Plantation in Charleston.Magnolia Plantation, Charleston
Charleston Harbor, as seen from Fort Sumter National Monument.Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston
The unique Pineapple Fountain at Waterfront Park in Charleston. Waterfront Park, Charleston
Fountain and spire from St Michael's church in Charleston.St Michael's Episcopal Church, Charleston
A checkerboard marble sidewalk at Rutledge House.John Rutledge House, Charleston
A pathway through flowers at the Magnolia Plantation in Charleston. Magnolia Plantation, Charleston
Spring Azaleas blooming on Magnolia Plantation, Charleston.Magnolia Plantation, Charleston
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