The Charleston Bucket List

I adore Charleston, SC. The history, the food, the culture, the nice people, the overall feel of the place. I just love it. It is an easy day trip to make from where I am, just a few hours away and I generally make it down there several times each year either for a day trip or a weekend. Without fail, I ALWAYS take my exchange students there. I mean if you want someone to truly get a taste of Southern culture, there is no better place to take them. I took a group down this past weekend and I wasn’t super excited about going. Mainly because I have been traveling like crazy for the past month, but a small part of me was thinking… AGAIN. I need to give a tour of Charleston again? How many times can I go to Fort Sumter? So, I decided to make a list of things I haven’t done yet in Charleston and I am going to try and cross a new one off each time I go. I will still be sure to make sure my students see the Market and get a carriage ride, but why not add in some new things to the mix? So, we toured a house this past weekend and when I go down next month for my cousin’s wedding I am going to cross something else on the list. So… below are two lists. One- things I have already done in Charleston. Two- things I want to do still. For those who are from there or have been before… what am I missing off of list two?

The Old City Market

Done

• Boone Hall Plantation
• Drayton Hall*
• The Market*
• Carriage Rides*
• Fort Sumter Tours*
• Harbor Tours
• Patriots Point and the Navy ships
• Angel Oak*
• Sullivan’s Island*
• Folly Beach
• Morris Island Lighthouse
• Kiawah Island
• Seabrook Island
• James Island Christmas Lights at the Park
• Battery Park and White Point Gardens*
• Shem Creek*
• Fort Moultrie
• Edmondston- Alston House
• Shop on King Street*
• The College of Charleston

* denotes I will do this or want to do this again

Things To Cross Off the List

• See the Hunley Exhibit
• Visit the Charleston Aquarium
• Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
• Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka Distillery
• Take a Ghost Tour
• Visit the area during the Christmas holiday season
• Tour Middleton Place House
• Tour the Nathaniel Russell House
• The Charleston Museum
• Visit the Aiken-Rhett House
• Tour the Heyward- Washington House
• Tour the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
• The Charleston Tea Plantation
• Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
• Gibbes Museum of Art

Now, I should mention I have intentionally left off restaurants/bars. Coming from a foodie family and loving good food, I could probably do several blogs on the places I love to eat in Charleston or are on my need to eat at still list! So, when it comes to things to DO in the Holy City, what am I forgetting?