#15 best destination in the world
Falls Park on the Reedy
- 32 acre park that used to be textile mills until the park was formed in the 1990s.
- Known for its suspension bridge with cables only on one side, leaving an unobstructed view of the falls.
Myrtle Beach Pinball Museum
- All volunteer run pinball museum with playable vintage pinball machines.
Pat Conroy Literary Center
- Center that hosts readings by acclaimed regional and national authors
- Offers writing workshops and events, as well as book clubs
- Provides need based scholarships
Hilton Head Island
- Lowcountry resort town
- Occupied by Native Americans thousands of years ago, and continued with European exploration and the cotton trade
Lulu’s Beach Arcade and Ropes Course
- Shoot hoops, master the claw, and climb high at this arcade and ropes course
Angel Oak
- Southern live oak estimated to be 400-500 years old
- The oak derives its name from the estate of Justus Angel and his wife, Martha Waight Tucker Angel
Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden
- Pearl Fryar (born 1940) is a topiary artist, who around 1988, began trimming evergreen plants around his yard into unusual shapes
- Many of the plants in Pearl’s garden were rescued from the compost pile at local nurseries
- With Pearl’s patience and skilled hands, these “throw aways” have thrived and have been transformed into wonderful abstract shapes
UFO Welcome Center
- The UFO Welcome Center is a tourist curiosity, built in the back yard of Jody Pendarvis
- Consists of a 42-foot-wide flying saucer built out of wood, fiberglass, and plastic
- The structure, entered by a powered ramp, is mounted on four columns, designed to raise and lower with motors
- The saucer is furnished with a bed, satellite television, air conditioning, toilet, and a shower
- Pendarvis envisioned himself as being an ambassador to aliens and wanted to provide a facility where they could rest after a long journey on UFOs
Old Slave Mart
- Once housed an antebellum slave auction gallery
- Constructed in 1859, the building is believed to be the last extant slave auction facility in South Carolina
- When Union forces occupied Charleston beginning in February 1865, the slaves still imprisoned at Ryan’s Mart were freed
- Old Slave Mart Museum now interprets the history of the city’s slave trade
Poinsett Bridge
- Oldest bridge in the state
- Named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, a prominent South Carolina resident, in 1820
- Historians believe the small expanse was designed by Robert Mills, who designed the Washington Monument
Costs
Number of Days: 15 days
Best Time To Fly: March-July, Sept
Airline tickets: $423
Seattle -> Charleston (round trip) = $423
Food: $45/day x 15 days = $675
Rental car: $549
$39/day x 14 days = $549
Gas: $40
Entertainment: $101
Airbnb: $180 x 13 days = $2,347
TOTAL: $4,135
