CHARLESTON ATTRACTIONS

Magnolia Plantation and Its Gardens
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the U. S. Department of the Interior, stately Magnolia Plantation has, for over three centuries, been the original ancestral home of the Drayton family, whose many sons have played important roles throughout American history.

Confederate Submarine H. L. Hunley
With proof of the submarine's destructive powers becoming more known, the Hunley arrived by train in Charleston on the morning of August 12, 1863 and was soon granted an audience with besieged Charleston's military commander, Pierre Gustave Tousant Beauregard.

Middleton Place
National Historic Landmark and a carefully preserved 18th-century plantation that has survived revolution, Civil War, and earthquake. It was the home of four important generations of Middletons.

Charles Towne Landing
Walk on the very spot where English Colonists in 1670 established the first permanent European settlement in the Carolinas.

The Citadel
In 1822, the South Carolina Legislature passed an "An Act to Establish a Competent Force to act as a Municipal Guard for the Protection of the City of Charleston and Vicinity." Land on the North end of Marion Square was selected for an arsenal and guard house and in 1829, the architect, Frederick Wesner, completed the building which was known as The Citadel.

South Carolina Aquarium
Featuring plants and animals native to South Carolina, the Aquarium is located on the beautiful Charleston Harbor. Spend your morning and afternoon relaxing in rocking chairs on the Riverside Terrace. Or get nose to nose with a 6-foot sand tiger shark.

The Charleston Museum
America's First Museum, founded in 1773. Its mission is to preserve and interpret the cultural and natural history of Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry.