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Battery
From the intersection of Water Street and East Battery you can...
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Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens
A ½-mi drive through a live-oak alley draped in Spanish...
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Charleston Museum
Founded in 1773, the country's oldest museum is housed in a contemporary...
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Charleston Place
The city's most renowned hotel is flanked by upscale boutiques...
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Charleston Visitors Center
The center's 20-minute film Forever Charleston is a fine introduction...
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Children's Museum of the Lowcountry
Hands-on exhibits at this top-notch museum keep kids up to 12...
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Circular Congregational Church
The first church building erected on this site in the 1680s gave...
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College of Charleston
Randolph Hall—an 1828 building with a majestic Greek Revival...
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Fort Moultrie National Monument
Here Colonel William Moultrie's South Carolinians repelled a...
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Fort Sumter National Monument
The first shot of the Civil War was fired at Fort Sumter on April...
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Gibbes Museum of Art
Housed in a beautiful Beaux Arts building, this museum boasts...
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Joseph Manigault House
An outstanding example of federal architecture, this home was...
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Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
The extensive informal garden, begun in 1685, has evolved into...
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Middleton Place
Blooms of all seasons form floral allées (alleys) along...
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Nathaniel Russell House
One of the nation's finest examples of Adam-style architecture...
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Old City Market
This area is often called the Slave Market because it's where...
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Old Slave Mart Museum
This is likely the only building still in existence that was...
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Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
Ships berthed here include the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown,...
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South Carolina Aquarium
The 380,000-gallon Great Ocean Tank has the tallest aquarium...
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St. Michael's Episcopal Church
The cornerstone of St. Michael's was set in place in 1752, making...
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St. Philip's (Episcopal) Church
The namesake of Church Street, this graceful late-Georgian building...
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Waterfront Park
Enjoy the fishing pier's porch-style swings, stroll along the...
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White Point Gardens
Pirates once hung from gallows here; now it's a serene park with...
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