At the Charlotte Nature Museum, located inside beautiful Freedom Park, children can walk among fluttering butterflies, observe live animals in Creature Cavern, buzz by Insect Alley or just hang out in Our Big Backyard.
Admission is $6 (free for members and kids under 2). The museum is open Tuesday to Friday 9AM to 5PM, Saturday 10AM [...]

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Got shoes? Then come to the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte to delight your wildest shoes fantasies. “The Heights of Fashion: Platform Shoes Then and Now” exhibit highlights 60 examples of platform shoes, sandals and boots from the 1930s till present time.
Admission to the museum is $10 adults, $5 children, seniors and students. [...]

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Discover the slithering, mystifying world of reptiles in their natural habitat at Edisto Island Serpentarium, an hour drive from Charleston and Beaufort. Just watch your step, duck your head and keep distance from the streams and ponds…you never know who’s watching!

Only 10 years old, the Edisto Island Serpentarium is a culmination of 50 years of [...]

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Let’s cheer for an unexpected and fulfilling fun family day in Beaufort that didn’t break the bank and my 5 years old daughter loved it!
Started the day at the Waterfront Park. The playground is enclosed so you can safely enjoy your late morning coffee in comfy swings gazing at the breathtaking marina. The place is [...]

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On your way to Beaufort, Hilton Head or Savannah stop by the African Oyotunji African Village , just minutes from I-95 exit 33, right off Hwy 17S near Sheldon. For $10 admission ($5 for children over 5) you get a personal guided tour of the village, an authentic Yoruba settlement following old traditions of Nigeria [...]

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We’ve just visited the modern Edisto Island Serpentarium, the only place in South Carolina to admire gigantic alligators, exotic turtles and tortoises, magnificent snakes and stunning lizards, in like-natural habitat exhibits.
The highlight of the day were the live presentation of venomous snakes in SC (daily at 11, 1, 3 and 5PM) and the outdoor alligators [...]

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Take a wild ride into the history of fire fighting at the incredible North Charleston and American LaFrance Fire Museum. It’s exhilarating for kids, mind blowing for adults and super-sized fun for the entire family. Children get in for free, you pay $6 admission. The museum is open Monday to Saturday from 10AM to 5PM.

Fire [...]

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South Carolina’s free fishing days will be held this year June 6 and 7 as part of the 9th annual National Fishing and Boating Week, an event coordinated by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation to help share the benefits of fishing and boating.

Come on out and try your fishing skills without having to [...]

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The Swan Lake and Iris Gardens began in 1927 as a private retreat for local businessman Hamilton Carr Bland. At the time, he was landscaping his home with Japanese iris. The bulbs failed miserably and were dumped in the swamp. The following spring, they burst into bloom.
The “lovely mistake” garden, as referred to by [...]

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Immerse into South Carolina’s tumultuous past at the Charleston Museum downtown. The country’s first museum, founded in 1773, offers one of the most extensive collections of Civil and Revolutionary War artifacts and of Lowcountry lifestyle memorabilia.
From the ingenious defense of Fort Moultrie to our nation most devastating earthquake, from the start of the Civil [...]

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