South Carolina

Aiken
Lobster Races (May)

Beaufort
Plums (homemade ice cream)
Mad Tea Party (lunch w/ scones, dessert)
St Helena Island
Kathleen’s Grille (back patio view)

Bishopville
Fryar's Topiary Garden (amazing)
Waffle House

Camden
Fire Festival (Sept)

Charleston
Middleton Place (landscaped gardens)
Cypress Gardens (swamp boating)
Naval and Maritime Museum (Patriots Pt)
Noisy Oyster (seafood)
Bookstore Cafe (Southern, fried green tomatoes)
Boulevard Diner (fried dill pickle)
One of a Kind Smokehouse
Charlestown Cake Lady (varieties of pound cake)
Justine’s (corn fritters, fried green tomatoes)
Magnolia's (restaurant)
Cypress Gardens (swamp boating)
Naval and Maritime Museum (Patriots Point)
Noisy Oyster (seafood)
Bookstore Cafe (Southern, fried green tomatoes)
Boulevard Diner (fried dill pickle)
One of a Kind Smokehouse
Charlestown Cake Lady (varieties of pound cake)
Justine’s (corn fritters, fried green tomatoes)
Magnolia's Restaurant
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Charleston Museum
USS Yorktown (Congressional Medal of Honor Museum)
Hominy Grill (she-crab soup, boiled peanuts, the Big Nasty- skillet-fried chicken w/ sausage gravy)3

Columbia
Congaree National Park (bald cypresses, river otters, guided canoe tours)
Cromer’s Peanuts (boiled; cotton candy, caramel corn and apples, party supplies)

Gaffney
Harold’s Restaurant (meatball chili burger, corn muffins, fatback)3

Harleyville
Francis Beidler Forest (1/2 day canoe trips, cheap)

Mount Pleasant
USS Yorktown (military history)

Myrtle Beach
Hawaiian Rumble (mini-golf course w/ largest fire-spewing volcano in country; site of mini-golf masters; 87,000 sq ft course)

Sullivan’s Island
Fort Sumter National Monument

St George
World Grits Festival and Parade (April)

Tiverton
Evelyn’s Drive-In (fried clams, chowder, lobster chow mein)3

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Edisto River Canoe and Kayak Trail (sleep in riverside tree house w/ extras)
Blenheim Ginger Ale- gold cap-mild, glass bottle