One of the oldest existing churches in South Carolina, All Saints Episcopal Church was established in the 1730s, and served as a spiritual and culture center for South Carolina's proposerous rice-planting community until after the Civil War.

Set on a preserved natural stretch of beachfront, Huntington Beach State Park was formerly part of several Waccamaw Neck rice plantations. Today, it features a pristine beach, campgrounds, picnic areas and a nature center - all operated by the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.

Located on Black Mingo Creek in Williamsburg County, this site is a major stop on the Francis Marion Trail. Here, Brigadier General Francis Marion defeated a larger force of Loyalist militia during the Revolutionary War in the style of guerrilla warfare that made him famous as the "Swamp Fox of the Revolution".

The site of a Revolutionary War battle, Blue Savannah is located on the eastern rim of Marion County in the Little Pee Dee River flood plain. It is noted by a historical marker on the eastbound lane of U.S. 501 west of Gallivants Ferry.

Bell Isle was the plantation home for Gabriel and his brother General Francis Marion. Several important grave sites are located here.

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.

Established on the site of four 18th century rice plantations, Brookgreen Gardens is renowned for its Old South charm and natural beauty - and as the largest outdoor sculpture garden in North American.

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.

Located on the southern tip of Waccamaw Neck, north of Georgetown, Clifton Plantation was one of the most spectacular plantations of South Carolina's coastal rice empire. It was the home of William Alston.

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.

The city of Darlington is the county seat of Darlington County, which developed from a Colonial land grant settled in the 1730s by Welsh colonists from Delaware and Pennsylvania. A circuit court was established here in 1800, and a succession of courthouses have existed on this site. The modern Darlington County Courthouse was completed in 1964.

Home to one of the oldest Methodist congregations in the United States, Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church was established in 1785, following a visit by the famed Methodist evangelist Bishop Francis Asbury.

The visible remains of the fort the British built on top of a Native-American mound on the banks of the Santee river is situated here. Marion laid siege on Fort Watson in April 1781, when one of his subordinates, Lieutenant Colonel Maham, proposed building a tower under the cover of night from which they fired direct rifle fire into the fort.

The third-oldest city in South Carolina, Georgetown is rich in history and culture, and offers visitors a wide variety of historic attractions from the Colonial Era to the present.

Located on historic Front Street in Georgetown, the Georgetown Rice Museum and the adjacent historic Kaminski Hardware Building present the history of the Georgetown-region rice empire.

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.