Posted on 10th Jun 2014
Category: Tours, Historic Sites
Author: Steve Vail
Fort Moultrie, located on the south-west end of Sullivan's Island and adjacent to Charleston Harbor, stood as a vanguard against any that might attempt to threaten the South Carolina and US Atlantic coastline.
Posted on 23rd Jun 2014
Category: Tours, Historic Sites, Family Entertainment
Author: Steve Vail
Located on Hwy 17 in Murrells Inlet just south of Myrtle Beach and North of Pawleys Island, BrookGreen Gardens offer a plethora of scenes, trails, activities, and the largest exhibit in an outdoor setting of figurative sculptures by American artists anywhere in the world. It's unique as it is beautiful, majestic, and serene...
Posted on 15th Jul 2014
Category: Tours, Historic Sites
Author: Steve Vail
... part 2 begins at the intersection of Sumter Street and West Carolina Avenue. where another one of Summerville's famous Inns of the late 1800's stood and operated right up until the 1960's. After the depression of the 1930's followed by World War II, Summerville's notoriety as a health resort and getaway for the world's...
Posted on 5th Dec 2014
Category: Tours, Historic Sites
Author: Steve Vail
A Virtual Walking Tour Part 3 will pick up where A Virtual Walking Tour Part 2 concluded - Timrod Library. From the front of Timrod directly across the Street (Central Avenue) is the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. Our first point of interest is outside the church. On the church grounds stands a monument that honors a woman of Summerville's history whose contributions have had a profound effect on the SC Lowcountry
Posted on 5th Dec 2014
Category: Tours, Historic Sites
Author: Steve Vail
Throughout Summerville's history there have been 4 town halls to include the current one . These town halls have provided much more than simply a place for the Mayor's office, City Council, and the Chamber of Commerce. They have also provided a venue for a variety of assemblies, parties, dances, and commemorations.
Posted on 13th Apr 2015
Category: Historic Sites, Family Entertainment
Author: Steve Vail
Imagine Summerville 100 years ago. Hardly any paved roads existed, and horse travel was still a primary means of transportation. Only 50 years prior marked the end of the civil war. In 1888, just 21 years after the end of the war, the International Congress of Physicians in Paris...
Posted on 9th Aug 2015
Category: Tours, Historic Sites, Beaches and Islands
Author: Steve Vail
It's unique, it's classic, and it's all American. In the heart of the Lowcountry nestled in the midst of the Lowcountry's protected and pristine Wadmalaw Island is the home of the only commercially producing tea farm in America - The Charleston Tea Plantation.
Posted on 31st May 2014
Category: Tours, Historic Sites, Beaches and Islands
Author: Steve Vail
Bone yard beach at Botany Bay - A literal bone yard on the beach? Not exactly. Over the years, the tides have changed and eroded areas where thriving forests once stood. Many of the trees are now fallen over with their massive root systems exposed to the elements. The constant ebb and flow of the sandy beach tides combined with the Sun and salt have quite literally sanded them smooth, and bleached them to a haunting off white that resemble the color of "bone"...