{
    "id": "sc-historic-tours",
    "name": "Historic Tours and Trails in South Carolina",
    "description": "41 historic walking tours, ranger programs, heritage trails, National Historic Trails and heritage areas in South Carolina, with operator, price, schedule and length as each operator lists them.",
    "page": "https://itssouthcarolina.com/history/historic-tours/",
    "csv": "https://itssouthcarolina.com/data/downloads/sc-historic-tours.csv",
    "json": "https://itssouthcarolina.com/data/downloads/sc-historic-tours.json",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "It's South Carolina (itssouthcarolina.com), CC BY 4.0",
    "citation": "It's South Carolina (2026). Historic Tours and Trails in South Carolina. https://itssouthcarolina.com/history/historic-tours/",
    "publisher": "It's South Carolina",
    "geo_scope": "South Carolina, USA",
    "last_checked": "2026-10-20",
    "row_count": 41,
    "columns": [
        "name",
        "kind",
        "city_or_area",
        "region",
        "operator",
        "price",
        "schedule",
        "length",
        "what_you_see",
        "official_url",
        "source_url",
        "checked"
    ],
    "column_notes": {
        "name": "Tour or trail name",
        "kind": "Self-guided walking, Guided walking, Ranger-led, Driving trail, National Historic Trail, Heritage area, House tour, Ghost & history tour, Boat/train/trolley, Bike or Audio/app",
        "city_or_area": "Where it runs",
        "region": "Our editorial region where one applies",
        "operator": "Who runs it",
        "price": "Price as listed, Free, or See official site",
        "schedule": "When it runs, as listed",
        "length": "Distance or duration as listed",
        "what_you_see": "One-sentence description",
        "official_url": "Operator's own page",
        "source_url": "Page the row was read from",
        "checked": "Date (YYYY-MM-DD) the row was read"
    },
    "rows": [
        {
            "name": "Fort Sumter ferry tour",
            "kind": "Boat/train/trolley",
            "city_or_area": "Charleston Harbor (departs Liberty Square, Charleston, and Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant)",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Fort Sumter Tours (only NPS-authorized concessioner)",
            "price": "See official site",
            "schedule": "Liberty Square 9:30, 12:00, 2:45 (Feb 27-Nov 30 and Dec 26-31); 11:00 and 2:00 (Jan 2-Feb 26, Dec 1-24). Patriots Point 10:45 and 1:30 (peak); 12:30 (winter). No tours Thanksgiving, Dec 25, Jan 1",
            "length": "2 1/4 hours total, about 1 hour at the fort",
            "what_you_see": "Harbor ride to Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began; NPS rangers and exhibits at the fort",
            "official_url": "https://www.fortsumtertours.com/",
            "source_url": "https://www.fortsumtertours.com/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Fort Moultrie living history and ranger programs",
            "kind": "Ranger-led",
            "city_or_area": "Sullivan's Island",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "National Park Service",
            "price": "Included with $10 adult site fee; special event days announced as fee-free",
            "schedule": "Event days, e.g. '1861: The Year That Changed America' (Apr 11, 2026) and Carolina Day 250 (June 27-28, 2026)",
            "length": "Talks hourly 10-3 on event days",
            "what_you_see": "Ranger talks, musket demonstrations, soldiers' encampment and History Row activities",
            "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/fosu/",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/fosu/planyourvisit/park-events.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Charles Pinckney NHS pop-up guided programs",
            "kind": "Ranger-led",
            "city_or_area": "Mount Pleasant",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "National Park Service",
            "price": "Free",
            "schedule": "On request at the visitor center",
            "length": "Up to 1 hour; max 1/2 mile walking",
            "what_you_see": "Pinckney's life and political work, plantation life and the people enslaved at Snee Farm",
            "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/chpi/",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/chpi/planyourvisit/things2do.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Cowpens Loop Road Audio Tour",
            "kind": "Audio/app",
            "city_or_area": "Chesnee",
            "region": "Upstate",
            "operator": "National Park Service",
            "price": "Free",
            "schedule": "Grounds 9-5; loop road closes 4:30",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Driving loop around the 1781 battlefield narrated by historian Ed Bearss; also the Battlefield Trail",
            "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/cowp/",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/cowp/planyourvisit/things2do.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Kings Mountain battlefield trail and visitor center film",
            "kind": "Self-guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "Blacksburg",
            "region": "Midlands",
            "operator": "National Park Service",
            "price": "Free",
            "schedule": "Grounds 9-5 daily; visitor center Wed-Sun 9-5",
            "length": "Film 30 minutes; trail length see official site",
            "what_you_see": "Thirty-minute live-action film, museum, and trails across the 1780 battlefield",
            "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/kimo/",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/kimo/planyourvisit/things2do.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Ninety Six NHS self-guided tour",
            "kind": "Self-guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "Ninety Six",
            "region": "Upstate",
            "operator": "National Park Service",
            "price": "Free",
            "schedule": "Grounds dawn-dusk; visitor center Wed-Sun 9-4:30",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Star Fort earthworks, siege lines and colonial town sites; park film and Junior Ranger activities",
            "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/nisi/",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/nisi/planyourvisit/things2do.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail",
            "kind": "National Historic Trail",
            "city_or_area": "Upstate SC (with NC, TN, VA)",
            "region": null,
            "operator": "National Park Service",
            "price": "Free",
            "schedule": "Year-round; annual commemoration of the 1780 march",
            "length": "330 miles through four states; 80+ miles walkable",
            "what_you_see": "Route of the Patriot militia in the 1780 Kings Mountain campaign; Commemorative Motor Route on state highways marked with the trail logo",
            "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/ovvi/",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/ovvi/index.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor",
            "kind": "Heritage area",
            "city_or_area": "Coastal SC (corridor from Pender County, NC to St. Johns County, FL)",
            "region": null,
            "operator": "Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission (federal)",
            "price": "Free",
            "schedule": "Year-round",
            "length": "Four states along the coast and Sea Islands",
            "what_you_see": "Places, communities and culture of the Gullah Geechee people",
            "official_url": "https://gullahgeecheecorridor.org/",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/guge/index.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "South Carolina National Heritage Corridor",
            "kind": "Heritage area",
            "city_or_area": "17 counties from the Appalachian Mountains to the Atlantic",
            "region": null,
            "operator": "South Carolina National Heritage Corridor",
            "price": "Free",
            "schedule": "Year-round",
            "length": "17 counties",
            "what_you_see": "Cherokee Foothills, Savannah and Ashley rivers, plantation houses, Edisto Island",
            "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/places/south-carolina-national-heritage-corridor.htm",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/places/south-carolina-national-heritage-corridor.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor",
            "kind": "Heritage area",
            "city_or_area": "Carolinas (8-mile-wide corridor across NC and SC counties)",
            "region": null,
            "operator": "Southern Campaign of the Revolution NHC (University of South Carolina listed on NPS page)",
            "price": "Free",
            "schedule": "Year-round",
            "length": "8-mile-wide corridor",
            "what_you_see": "Revolutionary War battlefields, historic communities, farmsteads and landscapes of the Southern Campaign",
            "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/places/southern-campaign-of-the-revolution-national-heritage-corridor.htm",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/places/southern-campaign-of-the-revolution-national-heritage-corridor.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "The Liberty Trail (South Carolina)",
            "kind": "Driving trail",
            "city_or_area": "Statewide",
            "region": null,
            "operator": "American Battlefield Trust with state partners",
            "price": "Free (apps free)",
            "schedule": "Year-round",
            "length": "Statewide network of battlefields and historic sites",
            "what_you_see": "Digital tours, on-site interpretation and preserved land at Revolutionary War sites of 1779-1782, e.g., Camden Battlefield, Kings Mountain, Cowpens, Fort Moultrie, Fort Watson, Fort Dorchester",
            "official_url": "https://thelibertytrail.org/sc",
            "source_url": "https://thelibertytrail.org/sc",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "U.S. Civil Rights Trail - South Carolina",
            "kind": "Driving trail",
            "city_or_area": "Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Greenwood, Orangeburg, Rock Hill, St. Helena Island, Summerton",
            "region": null,
            "operator": "U.S. Civil Rights Trail",
            "price": "Free (sites vary)",
            "schedule": "Year-round",
            "length": "8 SC trail cities",
            "what_you_see": "Featured sites incl. Mother Emanuel AME Church, Modjeska Monteith Simkins House, SC State House, Springfield Baptist Church (Greenville), McCrory's sit-in site (Rock Hill); downloadable state itinerary",
            "official_url": "https://civilrightstrail.com/state/south-carolina/",
            "source_url": "https://civilrightstrail.com/state/south-carolina/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "The Green Book of South Carolina",
            "kind": "Audio/app",
            "city_or_area": "Statewide",
            "region": null,
            "operator": "S.C. African American Heritage Commission",
            "price": "Free",
            "schedule": "Year-round",
            "length": "400+ sites",
            "what_you_see": "Free mobile travel guide to African American cultural sites, browsable by location or category",
            "official_url": "https://greenbookofsc.com/",
            "source_url": "https://greenbookofsc.com/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Historic Charleston Foundation house museum tours",
            "kind": "House tour",
            "city_or_area": "Charleston",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Historic Charleston Foundation",
            "price": "$16 adults per house; $24 adult combo; $7 youth / $12 youth combo",
            "schedule": "Mon 1-4; Tue-Sun 10-4 (last tour 4)",
            "length": "Self-paced",
            "what_you_see": "Aiken-Rhett House and Nathaniel Russell House by self-paced audio tour or guided group tour",
            "official_url": "https://www.historiccharleston.org/house-museums/",
            "source_url": "https://www.historiccharleston.org/house-museums/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "The Charleston Festival (spring house and garden tours)",
            "kind": "House tour",
            "city_or_area": "Charleston",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Historic Charleston Foundation",
            "price": "See official site (tickets on sale Dec 1, 2026)",
            "schedule": "April 1-24, 2027",
            "length": "Multi-week festival",
            "what_you_see": "Tours of private houses and gardens, concerts and lectures; 2027 is the 80th year of the spring festival begun in 1947",
            "official_url": "https://www.thecharlestonfestivalsc.org/",
            "source_url": "https://www.historiccharleston.org/charleston-festival",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Preservation Society of Charleston Fall Tours",
            "kind": "House tour",
            "city_or_area": "Charleston",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Preservation Society of Charleston",
            "price": "Varies; e.g. $75 members / $100 non-members",
            "schedule": "October (Oct 1-31 in 2026; 50th year)",
            "length": "Varies by tour",
            "what_you_see": "Walking tours, house and garden tours and neighborhood tours",
            "official_url": "https://www.preservationsociety.org/fall-tours/",
            "source_url": "https://www.preservationsociety.org/fall-tours/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Historic Columbia house museum tours",
            "kind": "House tour",
            "city_or_area": "Columbia",
            "region": "Midlands",
            "operator": "Historic Columbia",
            "price": "See official site",
            "schedule": "Wed-Sat 10:30-3; Sun 1:30-3 (from Welcome Center, 1616 Blanding St.)",
            "length": "Guided",
            "what_you_see": "Robert Mills House, Hampton-Preston Mansion and the Museum of the Reconstruction Era at the Woodrow Wilson Family Home",
            "official_url": "https://www.historiccolumbia.org/tours/house-tours",
            "source_url": "https://www.historiccolumbia.org/tours/house-tours",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Historic Columbia neighborhood walking tours",
            "kind": "Guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "Columbia",
            "region": "Midlands",
            "operator": "Historic Columbia",
            "price": "$10 non-members; $5 members",
            "schedule": "Select Sundays 1-2:30 (University Hill Nov 15, 2026; Hollywood-Rose Hill Dec 13, 2026; Arsenal Hill Jan 17, 2027)",
            "length": "90 minutes",
            "what_you_see": "Guided walks through Columbia's historic neighborhoods",
            "official_url": "https://www.historiccolumbia.org/tours",
            "source_url": "https://www.historiccolumbia.org/events/2026/2026-11/university-hill-walking-tour",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "South Carolina State House tours",
            "kind": "Guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "Columbia",
            "region": "Midlands",
            "operator": "State of South Carolina",
            "price": "See official site",
            "schedule": "Weekdays on the half hour 9:30-3:30 (gaps at midday); Saturdays 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, 2:30",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Guided tours of the capitol; brochures for self-paced visits",
            "official_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/",
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/studentpage/Explore/hours.shtml",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Hampton Plantation mansion tour",
            "kind": "House tour",
            "city_or_area": "McClellanville",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "SC State Parks",
            "price": "$10 adults; $6 SC seniors; $5 ages 6-15",
            "schedule": "Fri-Tue at noon and 2",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Unfurnished Georgian mansion as an architectural study house",
            "official_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/hampton",
            "source_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/hampton",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Rose Hill Plantation house tours",
            "kind": "House tour",
            "city_or_area": "Union",
            "region": "Upstate",
            "operator": "SC State Parks",
            "price": "$10 adults; $6 SC seniors; $5 ages 6-15",
            "schedule": "Thu-Mon at 11, 1 and 3",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Home of Gov. William Henry Gist and the African Americans who lived there",
            "official_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/rose-hill",
            "source_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/rose-hill",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Redcliffe Plantation house tours",
            "kind": "House tour",
            "city_or_area": "Beech Island",
            "region": "Midlands",
            "operator": "SC State Parks",
            "price": "$10 adults; $6 SC seniors; $5 ages 6-15",
            "schedule": "Limited schedule; reserve at 803-827-1473",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Hammond mansion and extant slave quarters",
            "official_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/redcliffe",
            "source_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/redcliffe",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Battle of Rivers Bridge Saturday tours",
            "kind": "Ranger-led",
            "city_or_area": "Ehrhardt",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "SC State Parks",
            "price": "$5 adults; $2.50 SC seniors, disabled, military; under 6 free",
            "schedule": "Saturdays",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Preserved Civil War battlefield",
            "official_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/rivers-bridge",
            "source_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/rivers-bridge",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Oconee Station ranger-guided tours",
            "kind": "Ranger-led",
            "city_or_area": "Walhalla",
            "region": "Upstate",
            "operator": "SC State Parks",
            "price": "Free (donations)",
            "schedule": "Call (864) 638-0079",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Frontier blockhouse and Richards House",
            "official_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/oconee-station",
            "source_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/oconee-station",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Charles Towne Landing self-guided grounds",
            "kind": "Self-guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "Charleston",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "SC State Parks",
            "price": "$12 adults; $7.50 SC seniors; $7 ages 6-15",
            "schedule": "Grounds daily 9-5",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "1670 settlement site, replica ship Adventure, replica 17th-century dwelling, gardens",
            "official_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/charles-towne-landing",
            "source_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/charles-towne-landing",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Landsford Canal trail to the Davie Mill site",
            "kind": "Self-guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "Catawba",
            "region": "Midlands",
            "operator": "SC State Parks",
            "price": "$6 adults; $3.75 SC seniors; $3.50 ages 6-15",
            "schedule": "Daylight to dark",
            "length": "About a mile to Davie Mill site",
            "what_you_see": "Earthen canal floor between stone walls",
            "official_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/landsford-canal",
            "source_url": "https://southcarolinaparks.com/landsford-canal",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Camden Battlefield walk",
            "kind": "Guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "Camden (Flat Rock Rd)",
            "region": "Midlands",
            "operator": "Historic Camden",
            "price": "Free self-guided; guided tour tickets at Cunningham House, 222 Broad St.",
            "schedule": "Daylight hours; call ahead for guided tours",
            "length": "About 1 1/2 hours",
            "what_you_see": "De Kalb monument and the 476-acre core battlefield",
            "official_url": "https://www.historic-camden.org/",
            "source_url": "https://thelibertytrail.org/sc/trail-sites/battlefields/camden-battlefield/visit",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Historic Camden guided tours",
            "kind": "Guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "Camden",
            "region": "Midlands",
            "operator": "Historic Camden",
            "price": "$5 adults; $4 seniors, military, students; under 6 free",
            "schedule": "Tue-Sat 10:30 and 2:30; Sun 2:30; or by appointment",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Kershaw-Cornwallis House, log houses, colonial Camden site",
            "official_url": "https://www.historic-camden.org/",
            "source_url": "https://thelibertytrail.org/sc/trail-sites/historic-sites/kershaw-cornwallis-house/visit",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Historic Brattonsville guided tours",
            "kind": "Guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "McConnells",
            "region": "Midlands",
            "operator": "Culture & Heritage Museums",
            "price": "Included with admission ($12 adults; $10 seniors; $8 ages 4-17)",
            "schedule": "Tue-Sat 11 and 2; Sun self-guided",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "30+ historic structures of the Bratton plantation community",
            "official_url": "https://chmuseums.org/brattonsville/",
            "source_url": "https://chmuseums.org/plan-your-visit-hb/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Penn Center docent-led tours",
            "kind": "Guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "St. Helena Island",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Penn Center, Inc.",
            "price": "$15 (docent-led tour and documentary); self-guided $10",
            "schedule": "Daily 10, 12 and 3",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Penn School NHL District campus and York W. Bailey Museum",
            "official_url": "https://www.penncenter.com/visit",
            "source_url": "https://www.penncenter.com/visit",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "McLeod Plantation guided tours",
            "kind": "Guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "James Island",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Charleston County Parks",
            "price": "$20 ages 13+; $15 ages 60+; $6 ages 3-12",
            "schedule": "9:30, 11, 12:30, 2",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Life before and after emancipation, Freedmen's Bureau, Gullah culture",
            "official_url": "https://www.ccprc.com/",
            "source_url": "https://www.ccprc.com/listing/mcleod-plantation-historic-site/19/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Drayton Hall house and landscape visit",
            "kind": "House tour",
            "city_or_area": "Charleston (Ashley River Rd)",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Drayton Hall Preservation Trust",
            "price": "$30 online / $35 on-site; youth 7-15 $15 / $18",
            "schedule": "Wed-Mon 9-4:30 (gate closes 3)",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "1738 Palladian main house, galleries, landscape",
            "official_url": "https://www.draytonhall.org/",
            "source_url": "https://draytonhall.org/visit/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Edmondston-Alston House guided tour",
            "kind": "House tour",
            "city_or_area": "Charleston",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Edmondston-Alston House",
            "price": "$15 adults; $10 students; $5 ages 6-13",
            "schedule": "Wed-Sat every 30 minutes, 11:15-2:45",
            "length": "30-minute intervals",
            "what_you_see": "Circa-1825 house",
            "official_url": "https://www.edmondstonalston.org/",
            "source_url": "https://www.edmondstonalston.org/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "H. L. Hunley weekend tours",
            "kind": "Guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "North Charleston",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Friends of the Hunley",
            "price": "$24 ages 13+; $15 ages 6-12; $20 seniors/military",
            "schedule": "Sat 10-5; Sun 10-3",
            "length": "Most visitors stay 1-2 hours",
            "what_you_see": "The submarine in its conservation lab, exhibits and store",
            "official_url": "https://www.hunley.org/",
            "source_url": "https://www.hunley.org/weekend-tours/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Old South Carriage Co. carriage tours",
            "kind": "Boat/train/trolley",
            "city_or_area": "Charleston",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Old South Carriage Co.",
            "price": "$50 adults 12+; $40 ages 4-11; infants free",
            "schedule": "Daily; new 'Charleston's Founding to Independence' tour daily at 5:30 p.m.",
            "length": "1 hour",
            "what_you_see": "Horse-drawn carriage ride through the historic district with a guide",
            "official_url": "https://oldsouthcarriage.com/",
            "source_url": "https://oldsouthcarriage.com/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Palmetto Carriage Works carriage tours",
            "kind": "Boat/train/trolley",
            "city_or_area": "Charleston",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Palmetto Carriage Works",
            "price": "$50",
            "schedule": "Daily every 30 minutes, 9-5",
            "length": "1 hour",
            "what_you_see": "Horse-drawn carriage ride through the historic district: houses, gardens and more",
            "official_url": "https://palmettocarriage.com/",
            "source_url": "https://palmettocarriage.com/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gullah Tours",
            "kind": "Boat/train/trolley",
            "city_or_area": "Charleston",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Gullah Tours (Alphonso Brown)",
            "price": "$35 per seat",
            "schedule": "Mon-Fri 11:00 and 1:00; Saturdays 11:00 and 1:00 (reservations required)",
            "length": "About 2 hours",
            "what_you_see": "Charleston places, history and stories of the Gullah people and Black Charlestonians, with the Gullah language featured, from a 25-passenger air-conditioned bus",
            "official_url": "https://gullahtours.com/",
            "source_url": "https://gullahtours.com/reservations/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Reconstruction Era NHP downtown Beaufort",
            "kind": "Self-guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "Beaufort",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "National Park Service",
            "price": "Free",
            "schedule": "Grounds sunrise-sunset",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Old Beaufort Firehouse visitor center and dozens of Reconstruction-era properties within walking distance",
            "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/reer/",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/reer/planyourvisit/faqs.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Patriots Point ships",
            "kind": "Self-guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "Mount Pleasant",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum",
            "price": "See official site",
            "schedule": "Daily 10-5 (ticket window closes 4)",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "USS Yorktown and USS Laffey (both NHLs)",
            "official_url": "https://www.patriotspoint.org/",
            "source_url": "https://www.patriotspoint.org/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Brookgreen Gardens Low Country history and creek excursions",
            "kind": "Boat/train/trolley",
            "city_or_area": "Murrells Inlet",
            "region": "Pee Dee",
            "operator": "Brookgreen Gardens",
            "price": "See official site (on top of $25 adult admission)",
            "schedule": "Daily 9:30-5",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Low Country history sites and creek excursions on former rice plantation land",
            "official_url": "https://www.brookgreen.org/",
            "source_url": "https://www.brookgreen.org/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "name": "Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park tours",
            "kind": "Guided walking",
            "city_or_area": "Hilton Head Island",
            "region": "Lowcountry",
            "operator": "Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park",
            "price": "See official site",
            "schedule": "Park open daily 6 a.m.-9 p.m.",
            "length": "See official site",
            "what_you_see": "Site of the first self-governed town of formerly enslaved people (per park)",
            "official_url": "https://exploremitchelville.org/",
            "source_url": "https://exploremitchelville.org/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        }
    ]
}