Charleston was a place I wasn't sure I would ever make it to, as there is no direct flight from Toronto. But one April weekend, it was the only sunny place on my list, and so I felt to Charlotte and drove down from Southern North Carolina to Southern South Carolina and had a hot and sunny summer weekend in this old city by the sea. Charleston is a city that is of a fair size, but which has extensively preserved its historical core. I sort of missed the occasional modernist or brutalist skyscraper, but it was hard to argue with the abundant greenery all over everything in the hard spring of 2019.
Photo List (Total 303 Photos)
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Peninsular Charleston (214 photos) - This gallery is a big meandering trough through the central peninsula of Charleston. It starts south and moves north, beginning at the White Point Garden down at the Battery, and after that includes a number of historic and graceful houses. It captures views on Broad Street, and the museum at the Old Exchange. From there, it dips towards waterfront Park, then up through the French Quarter where I visited a number of churches and related cemeteries. I went to the Gibbes Museum of Art, more churches, and then in the Market area. It ends with a visit to some areas at a bit of a remove from the core, including Colonial Lake, Marion Square and Hampton Park.
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Outer Areas of Charleston (89 photos) - This is everything that isn't downtown. I started the day at Folly Beach and saw the sunrise over the Atlantic. The gallerty also includes other areas out of the central city that I drove to, including the Magnolia Plantation and Gardens with its nearby Audubon Swamp. North of the city, I ate out at a funky out of the way restaurant at Haddrell Point.
