Drayton Hall

Drayton Hall

The oldest unrestored plantation house in the United States. It was built sometime around 1738 in the Palladian style. Now it serves as a museum of plantations.

Aiken-Rhett House

Aiken-Rhett House

Historical city house that was built in 1820 by the merchant John Robinson, one of the best-preserved townhouse complexes in the United States. It contains also the historical slave quarters. Now here is a museum.

Table Rock SC

Table Rock, South Carolina

970 m tall mountain with a fairly flat surface and steep slopes of monolithic granite. This mountain is a batholith – fragment of magma that was pressed upwards during the Ordovician period some 430 million years ago.

Landsford Canal State Park lilies

Bloom of spider lilies in Lansford Canal State Park

One of the few remaining populations of a spider lily Hymenocallis coronaria. This beautiful flower is very rare and here it forms a pure stand in Catawba River – the largest stand of this plant anywhere. The beauty of these fragrant flowers can be admired in May – June.

Avenue of Oaks, Boone Hall

Avenue of Oaks, Boone Hall

Outstanding avenue of enormous oaks. Avenue is more than one kilometer long and leads towards one of the oldest plantations in the United States – Boone Hall. Planting of the avenue was completed in 1843.

Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens

Boone Hall, the main building

One of the oldest existing plantations in the United States, founded in 1681. The stately plantation house was built in 1935-1936 in a Colonial Revival style. Stories about ghostly apparitions around the kiln of the plantation. A famous feature of the park is Avenue of Oaks – more than one kilometer long, gorgeous avenue of moss-covered oaks.

Peachtree Rock

Peachtree Rock in 2011

An unusual mushroom rock that stood on a narrow leg and resembled an overturned pyramid. It was some 6 m high. The rock fell in December 2013.

Auldbrass Plantation

Basin in Auldbrass Plantation

Historical plantation at Combahee River. The main complex of buildings was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940-1951. The original architecture has been well preserved and once per two years can be accessed by the public.

South Carolina State House

South Carolina State House

South Carolina’s government house was built in 1855 – 1875. It is shaped in the Greek Revival style. Around the house are located numerous monuments commemorating the history of South Carolina.