Saturday, January 9, 2010

South Carolina wants you to visit!

By Susan Lovejoy

South Carolina attractions provide visitors with things to do and places they can visit. There are so many places and numerous activities that this state can offer to visitors.Many of these activities can provide excellent history lessons to both the young and the old.

In the town of Charleston can be found the Old Slave Mart Museum. Here visitors get a chance to relive the history of Charleston as an urban slave-trading hub during the time of domestic slave trade. The different events are presented using various media in order for visitors to have a feel of Charleston during that time.

The South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Hospital is both a unique and entertaining treat. The Aquarium provides visitors a glimpse of how the sick and injured sea turtles are treated and cared for by the facilities' team of professionals. Another place worth visiting in the state is Benjamin Mays Historic Site.

In the record of National Register of Historic Places, the place where the First Baptist Church was established is in Columbia, South Carolina. It is also the place where the first Secession Convention in 1860 was held which later paved the way for Civil War. The original church built in 1811 can also be found in Sumter and Hampton Streets and the second church in 1859 but maintained its original stage furnishings, brick-pillared portico, and slave balcony.

The plantation, home, office, and kitchen of Calhoun can be found in Fort Hill Clemson. Notably, Calhoun is South Carolina? famous statesman from 1825- 1850. Through Thomas Clemson, founder of John Calhoun University and the son-in-law of Calhoun, Calhoun?s house was made open for the public view.

In 1903, a program focusing on breeding of cotton and can cultivated in the whole South was initiated and the site can be found in Coker Experimental Farms located in Hartsville, South Carolina. The cotton breeding facility is among the historical facilities in the records of Nation Register of Historic Places and at National Historic landmark as well. It is only one among the 14 facilities that represent the country in agricultural sector.

For ideal place of shopping, Palmetto Shopping in South Carolina offers products from trendy fashion accessories to unique handcrafted objects. The place is proud of its specialty shops and roadside stands. Some of the unique items that can be bought in South Carolina are the handwoven Gullah sweetgrass baskets which is the oldest form of African art practiced in United States.

Certainly, there are also beaches that can awe visitors during their trip. Activities are provided to give overwhelming enjoyment. Interestingly, places to visit can be accessed by car or by boat.

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