Quick travel suggestions, please. (x-post from Travel.)

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4. Congaree National Park

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It's just east of Columbia. It's the largest tract of intact old-growth bottomland hardwood forest in the Southeast. Loads of huge baldcypress and tupelo trees. It's beautiful! Now is a pretty good time to visit. The tupelos and other hardwoods are not yet leafed-out, but the bugs should be way down. Since we had lots of rain here lately, the water levels are up. But, there are good boardwalks, so you can get right out into the swamp. Lots of nice hiking.

http://www.nps.gov/cong/index.htm


If you aren't into hiking and outdoor things, I will add my vote for Charleston. I'll take Charleston over Savannah any day. Lots more to do there. Personally, I think Savannah is overrated.

Some other things to do Charleston that were not mentioned above:

http://scaquarium.org/default.aspx
http://www.charlestonteaplantation.com/
http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/
http://www.draytonhall.org/
http://www.hunley.org/
http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/ctl/introduction.aspx


There are loads of good seafood, low country and soul food restaurants in Charleston and the surrounding area. There are a bunch of the along Shem Creek in Mt. Pleasant.
http://shemcreeksc.com/Restaurants-and-Businesses/

My favorite restaurant there is gone, but Vickery's is very good.