An ancient pre-Columbian Native-American historic site, the Sewee Shell Mound is accessed by a hiking trail in Francis Marion National Forest. Visitors may begin their tour at the Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center, located at 5821 U.S. 17 North, in the town of Awendaw.

Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens is a restored plantation from the Colonial and Antebellum periods of South Carolina history. Although the manor house is modern, the brick slave cottages date from the time when Boone Hall was a working rice plantation.

Historic Bull Island and the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge offer a unique combination of South Carolina history and natural history. Bull Island was frequented by the pirates of the Colonial Era, by British sailors in the Revolution, and Northern troops in the Civil War. Ferry transportation and tours may be arranged through Refuge headquarters.

The oldest museum in the United States, the Charleston Museum was established in 1773. Its numerous exhibits, displays and artifacts survey South Carolina's rich history and culture.

In 1697, Congregationalist settlers from Dorchester, Massachusetts, founded a town on the banks of the all-important Ashley River. For nearly 100 years, Dorchester prospered as an inland trade center for the region.

This 9-acre park is maintained by the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. as a memorial and the birthplace of Dr. Bethune.

Civil War era fortification, now a museum and marine education center and aquarium.

The historic site where the American Civil War began, Fort Sumter is located on a small island in Charleston harbor and may be reached only by boat (the map link is for the ferry from the Charleston waterfront). Nearby Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island is part of Fort Sumter National Historic Monument and is the Revolutionary War site where South Carolina earned its name as the Palmetto State.

A 40-acre living history center, Freewoods Farms is a restoration of the typical small farm operated by African-American families in South Carolina in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Maintained by the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, Hampton Plantation State Historic Site preserves a Colonial-era rice and indigo plantation on the Santee River delta, approximately 16 miles south of Georgetown.

The Horry County Museum is located on Main Street, in downtown Conway, and features a variety of well-designed exhibits that chronicle the colorful history of Horry County. Permanent exhibits focus on local Native American culture, the timber industry and naval stores operations.

Part of land granted to eight powerful Englishmen known as the Lord's Proprietors by King Charles II of England and sold to King George II in 1729, Kingston Village was within Kingston Township, one of eleven townships the King later dispatched surveyors to lay out, now known as Conway.

One of the oldest coastal communities in South Carolina, Little River attracted English colonists as early as the 1730s. Today it is best known for its local seafood and access to the Intracoastal Waterway.

The Marion Chamber of Commerce is now located in this Historic Train Dept which was built in 1908 for the Atlantic Coastline Railroad.

Old Gunn Church was the worship house for the Episcopal Prince Frederick's Parish organized in 1734.

Seaside Farms is the home of infamous bootlegger John Long. Long made great amounts of money using the inlets around Isle of Palms, Sullivan's Island, Dewees Island, and Mt. Pleasant to import illegal booze during the imposition of The Volstead Act (Prohibition).