Historic Charleston Foundation. Circa 1818. Virtually unaltered since the 1850s. Former home of Gov. & Mrs. William Aiken, Jr. Documents antebellum life. Adults $10, 6-16 $5, 5 & under free.

Discover why Bulldog Tours is Charleston’s premier walking tour company. As featured on The Travel Channel, The Food Network, NY Times, Southern Living, PBS, and USA Today, we offer a wide variety of history, ghost, and culinary tours. With exclusive access to Charleston’s most haunted historical buildings, our Ghost & Dungeon, Haunted Jail Tour, and Ghost & Graveyard are sure to entertain even the most skeptical of visitors! Our Charleston Stroll Walk with History Tour is absolutely the best overview of Charleston’s rich history, antebellum homes, architecture, people, gardens, and culture. And for those that would like to walk, talk, and taste their way through Charleston, our Culinary Tours are a must.

The largest privately owned home in Charleston. Built in 1876. As featured on A&E’s America’s Castles, this remarkable 24,000 sq ft private residence and its formal gardens are open daily. Tours every 30 minutes between 11am and 4:30pm. $15 per person.

Celebrating 75 seasons!

The Charleston Concert Association is the Lowcountry’s oldest and only year-round presenting organization. Its mission is to bring the joy of world-class music and dance to the community and to instill an appreciation of the performing arts in future generations through education. For a listing of our concerts please go to www.charlestonconcerts.org.

Charleston Harbor Tours is the oldest continually operating harbor sightseeing tour company in Charleston, tracing our roots to 1908. Hop aboard the Carolina Belle and cruise by the Civil War’s historic Fort Sumter, Patriots Point, the Battery, and Saint Michael’s Episcopal Church Steeple. You’ll also cruise under the Author Ravenel Bridge. Locals and guests agree our guided, fully narrated boat tours and harbor cruises are among the best things to do in Charleston, SC. See the Holy City the way it was meant to be seen, from the shimmering water on a Charleston Harbor cruise.

Our PUBLIC “Harbor of History” cruises sail February through November with a few special cruises in the off season. Adults $16.25, Seniors/AAA $15.00, Children 4-11 $11.50, Children under 4 free. Ask about our combination tours with Palmetto Carriage and Boone Hall Plantation! Book online www.charlestonharbortours.com or call Zerve ticketing at 800-979-3370.

Scenic tours of America’s most historic city with seventh-generation Charlestonian Michael Trouche.

Discover the authentic character of historic Charleston with someone whose knowledge of local events, architecture, and heritage is unsurpassed. Michael Trouche grew up in Charleston’s historic South of Broad district, where his family has lived for more than two centuries. He is an award-winning journalist who has written two books about the city – The Charm of Charleston and Charleston Yesterday and Today.

Michael’s tours feature flourishing gardens, captivating architecture and ironwork, colonial churches and cemeteries, hidden nooks and harbor vistas, unique legends and characters, Civil War and Revolutionary War sites, cobblestone streets and bell towers, tales of pirates, ghosts, earthquakes and hurricanes, as well as local dialects and culture.

Tour times start at 10:30 am and 2:30 pm, and leave from 108 Meeting Street. Reservations required.

As featured in the New York Times, this two hour walking tour is the best way to see Charleston’s historic district. Enjoy famous landmarks, historic highlights, antebellum mansions, quaint alleys, & hidden gardens. $18 per adult, 7-12 $10. Mon.-Sat. 10am.

Beginning September 1, 2011, we will now offer our Charleston Strolls historical walking tour 7 days a week (including Sundays) at 10 am.

Charleston Strolls Walk with History is managed by Bulldog Tours. For more great tours, visit the Bulldog Tours page.

See Charleston like you’ve never seen it before! The name says it all – simply Charleston’s Finest Historic Tours. For the complete Charleston experience, ask for our “Tour C” combination Historic City at 10:30am and Magnolia Plantation at 12:30pm. Reserve your seat now. We are the #1 tour value in Charleston!

Tues.-Sat. 9am-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm. CML is one of Charleston’s top destinations for children and their families! Navigate eight unique exhibits that combine playing and learning. Race boats down raging rapids, take the helm of a Lowcountry pirate ship, climb to the top of a Medieval castle, create a masterpiece in the art room! Our free weekly activities and programs are interactive and fun too! MC, V accepted. Come play!

• Voted #1 in Charleston for 7 years
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A masterpiece of Georgian Palladian architecture. Circa 1738. Oldest preserved plantation house in America that is open to the public. Only plantation house on Ashley River that survived the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. A National Trust Historic site. Open daily.

The Edisto Chamber of Commerce would like to invite you to visit Edisto Island – South Carolina’s best-kept secret. Edisto is the ultimate vacation destination. Come rent a beach cottage, throw a cast net for shrimp, dip your toes in the surf, or build a sandcastle. Experience the perfect combination of oceanfront beaches, saltwater marshes and Lowcountry oaks draped in Spanish moss.

A year-round temperate climate provides for excellent outdoor recreational opportunities. Our coastal waters are filled with fish, shrimp, crabs and oysters. Take a leisurely bike ride, hike a nature trail, or kayak in a tidal creek. Beach walks and golf are yet another popular pastime for that perfect day on Edisto.

We invite you to enjoy local seafood in our restaurants and look for unique items in our gift shops. Historic sites are prevalent on the Island and our picturesque roads beg for a drive. We have a rich cultural heritage in which you can share. Boat and land tours are available. Our casual lifestyle and slow pace are a welcome break from the rush of everyday life.

For your most memorable vacation or simply a day trip, come to where the rivers meet the ocean and let your cares drift away. We welcome you and hope your stay is so enjoyable that you just can’t wait to come back!

The stately Edmondston-Alston House was built in 1825 on Charleston’s High Battery and is one of the city’s most splendid dwellings. A witness to many dramatic events in Charleston’s history – look seaward from the second floor piazza where Gen. Beauregard watched the bombardment of Fort Sumter. The Edmondston-Alston House is a classic example of the city’s changing and sophisticated taste in architecture and decorative arts, and is a repository of fine family treasures. Alston family silver, furniture, books and paintings remain in place much as they have been for over a century and a half. The Edmondston-Alston House is a house museum of the Middleton Place Foundation.

Only tour offering visits to Fort Sumter. Relaxing cruise with commentary on points of interest in Charleston Harbor. Fort’s role in the Civil War is brought to life. 2 1/4 hours. Fort Sumter Tours, authorized by the National Park Service.

Located in the historic Short Central shopping district, Four Green Fields was voted “Best Gift Shop” in Summerville for 2011. The gallery features handmade, original works by more than 50 fine craft artists, as well as the studio of Silver Pail Pottery.

Our collection focuses on local and regional artists with an emphasis on functional work. We represent established and emerging artists in a variety of media including clay, fiber, glass, metal, paper, photography, wood and local artisan products.

Four Green Fields Gallery is the hometown gallery for glass artist Lex Melfi. Lex is now working with Guy Harvey to reproduce Guy’s artwork in his extraordinary Sand Carved Glass.

Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Visit downtown Summerville for “Third Thursday” each month to enjoy extended shop hours, specials, and entertainment and activities for the whole family. 5-8pm on the third Thursday of every month.

Visit our website for more information about our artwork, events and monthly artist features: (www.FourGreenFieldsGallery.com)

Experience Charleston’s history through art! Located along the Museum Mile, the Gibbes houses a premier collection of art, primarily American works with a Charleston or Southern connection and presents special exhibitions annually. Come face to face with stories of the South Carolina Lowcountry as seen through painting, miniature portraiture, sculpture, photographs and more. Open Tuesday through Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 1pm-5pm. Free cell phone tour with paid admission. Adults $9, Seniors/Students/Military $7, Youth (ages 6-12) $5.

Summerville is a small town with a lot of charm. Browse our upscale shops and boutiques and have lunch or dinner in one of our many quaint restaurants. Visit a nearby plantation, go kayaking, or play golf on a championship courses. Stay in a quaint bed & breakfast or a five-star resort.

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, this plantation contains America’s oldest garden (c. 1680). The gardens are planted for abundant color in every season and include one of this country’s largest collections of azaleas and camellias. The present house, which replaced the manor burned by Union troops, contains museum-quality Early American antiques. Other features include a petting zoo, maze, herb garden, Biblical garden, observation tower, orientation theater, gift shop, wildlife art gallery, and Barbados Tropical Garden. The “Nature Train” takes visitors on a 45-minute ride through natural settings. Open daily 8-5:30. 10 miles from downtown on Hwy. 61.

Middleton Place, a National Historic Landmark, includes America’s oldest landscaped Gardens, the House Museum, Plantation Stableyards, Outdoor Center, Museum Shop, Garden Market and Nursery and the Middleton Place Restaurant.

The Gardens reflect the elegant symmetry of 17th century European design and its geometric plan includes parterre gardens, reflection pools and sculptured terraces descending to the Butterfly Lakes. Guided tours of the House Museum interpret four generations of the Middleton family and their important role in American history. In the Stableyards, craftspeople recreate activities of the self-sustaining Low Country plantation. Guests can enjoy African American Focus Tours, Nature Walks, Carriage Tours, and Kayaking. The Restaurant presents Low Country fare for lunch daily and elegant candlelight dinners Tuesday through Sunday.

Historic Charleston Foundation. Adam-style mansion built between 1803 & 1808. Noted for its free-flying staircase which rises three stories. Adults $10, 6-16 $5, 5 & under free.