legion3 Loc: Deer Park Long Island

I am planing to fly to Charleston SC and drive to Atlanta and White Georgia would like some photo musts for Charleston and Georgia
THANKS

jim quist Loc: Missouri

I was stationed in Charleston in the 1970's. You wont be disappointed. If I was going I would tour Fort Sumter. http://www.fortsumtertours.com/?gclid=CMvK_ufsrssCFYZefgodpf0PBg

jim quist Loc: Missouri

I was stationed in Charleston in the 1970's. You wont be disappointed. If I was going I would tour Fort Sumter. http://www.fortsumtertours.com/?gclid=CMvK_ufsrssCFYZefgodpf0PBg

davefales Loc: Virginia

For Charleston, I would recommend http://www.twosisterstours.com/ for a two-hour tour that will expose you to several nice photo ops. Mary Helen Danzler gives a great tour. (Image of her at work attached .)

Also consider going out to Fort Sumter.

We traveled last October.

Mary Helen D

lowkick Loc: Connecticut

You have to eat at Hyman's Seafood while in Charleston. Make sure you save time for a stop over in Savannah, GA.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Check out the Magnolia Plantation. Keep in mind thst Charleston was pretty much destroyed by the end of the Civil War, partially as retribution because the war essentially started there. As a result most of the older buildings you will see were constructed after the war. A lovely city, non the less.

Also, if you can, see Savannah, GA. It's a truly beautiful antebellum city. Unlike most major Southern cities, Savannah was not destroyed at the end of the Civil War. As a result, most of the older areas of the city looks pretty much the same as it did before and during the Civil War. Wide residential streets with beautiful old homes. Live Oaks, Magnolia trees and Spanish moss abounds. The port area and buildings, which were once a slave market among other things, are now filled with restaurants and shops.

If your are interested in Civil War forts, don't miss Fort Pulaski on Tybee Island, around a half hour outside Savannah. It's actually much more interesting than Fort Sumter and looks as it did during the Civil War. A small battle was fought there. Fort Sumter unfortunately had its upper damaged walls removed and was materially redesigned in the late 19th century so it bears little resemblance to the way it looked during the war.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

If you are going to White Ga, then check out Old Car City. http://oldcarcityusa.com/

Gaddysmom

The direct route between Charleston and Atlanta would not take you through Savannah. Instead it would take you inland immediately after leaving Charleston. I am going to take you at your word and assume you are driving from Charleston to Atlanta and I will not include Savannah.

Charleston-- Drayton Hall and Middleton Place plantations just outside town; the Nathaniel Russell House in town; a walk along the Battery; the women weaving/selling baskets at the Old Market; St. Michael's Church; Aiken-Rhett House; Manigault House; Unitarian Church; Farmer's Market on Marion Sq. on Saturday.

Columbia, SC is on your route. It is the state capital and has all the things one associates with such, including the Capital building and the University of SC; South Carolina State Museum; Riverbank Zoo and Botanical Gardens; Columbia Canal; and Robert Mills House.

Greenville, SC-- Falls Park on the Reedy

Aiken, SC should be on your route and it is a lovely, wealthy small town. It has summer homes full of old-money, rich Yankees. There are lots of lovely houses. It is also a major horse center. There is the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum; a train museum; Boyd Pond Park and Carolina Bay Nature Preserve. There are horseback tours, if you ride.

Augusta, GA-- also lots of lovely buildings; Augusta Canal; Augusta Museum of History; Riverwalk; Phinzey Swamp; the Haunted Pillar; Magnolia Cemetery; Springfield Baptist Church; Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Enjoy the trip. There are many nice restaurants along the way, and, trust me, try some boiled peanuts.

excaliburgc Loc: Daytona Beach Florida

I have been to downtown Charleston 10 or more times, There is just to many places to see and take pictures. Lots and lots to see, Expect to have fun!

Daniel Z Loc: Winston, Georgia

A great place to visit while in Charleston is the Boone Hall Plantation. Lot of photo ops there. Portions of "Gone with the Wind" were filmed here.Oak Dr and slave houses with a lovely Plantation home. Sherman missed this one.

jlf1938 Loc: Acworth, GA

Being a 77 year native of Georgia, I can offer a lot of suggestions that are not the obvious and well known.

i.e. There are the Sope Creek factory ruins by Paper Mill Road, Marietta, GA.

Rather that give you a litany of destinations, a man named Doug Boyle moved to Georgia, from Florida, about 20 years ago. He started traveling around the state taking images along the way. He created a blog that is quite interesting and it is all about Georgia and very informative.

His link is: http://urbanbaboon.blogspot.com/

Please check it out!

jlf1938 Loc: Acworth, GA

Oh! By the way! I forgot to mention not to take I20. Instead take two lanes all the way. Slower, I know, but much more interesting. Along the way, near Madison, GA is a place called Rock Eagle. Many hundreds of years ago an image of an eagle was created using piled stones. It is worth stopping for, I believe. There are three of them in Georgia, but the other two are not as well known.

Enjoy your trip and I wish you a safe journey.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

In addition to old Charleston near The Battery and Fort Sumter (the target of the first shots of the Civil War, fired by the cadets of the Citadel), consider Patriot's Point ( http://www.patriotspoint.org/ ) for an unguided tour of some really interesting naval vessels including the USS Yorktown carrier (complete with many great restored vintage airplanes on the below flight deck), a wonderfully complete WWII submarine, The Savannah (first nuclear-powered merchant ship), a Fletcher-class destroyer, and others. Also the Citadel and their Friday afternoon parade if you're there on a Friday. Then there's the Charleston Museum and the H.L. Hunley (Confederate submarine) at the Lasch Conservation Center. Pat Conroy's "The Lords of Discipline" is good background reading, and perhaps they're still showing "Dear Charleston" at the museum, a great short film made by my friend Mark. Lots to see in Charleston...

marsdad Loc: NE Florida

Take a stroll down along the Battery plrnty of photo ops thereas well as the old slave market. Loved there many yeas ago, my first duty station with the Navy. Savannah, GA is only a little over an hour South. From Chasn head toward Folly Beach and stop for lunch or dinner at Andre's if it is still there. Shrimp boats used topull right up a moor at the restaurant, the seafood could not get any fresher. Middleton plantation is a must. Sullivans island fort is a good visit and you can see Fort Sumter from the looking southwest. Great area havea grat time.

Alb Loc: Lehigh Valley area, Pennsylvania

Gotta say, it really threw me when I saw "White Georgia" without a comma! I'm a native, of Atlanta, and thought I knew most burghs in the state, but somehow White, GA, got missed!

Okay, some additional possibilities to the really good ones already mentioned. At the northeast corner of the state, a lot of really nice waterfalls as well as wineries.

And if you are along the coast, it would be a shame not to take the ferry over to Cumberland Island for the day. The largest of the Georgia isles, it has maybe a few dozen people living on it as well as a remarkable landscape, wild horses, and the ruins of an old plantation.