by Jim Morekis
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Gold Bug. London: Hesperus Press, 2007. Inspired by his stint there with the U.S. Army, the great American author set this classic short story on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, near Charleston.
Siddons, Anne Rivers. Outer Banks. New York, NY: HarperTorch, 1992. The Outer Banks are the backdrop for this gripping, character-driven novel by this best-selling author.
Index
A
ACE Basin: 275-276, 285-287
African American heritage: 21; see also specific place
Aiken-Rhett House: 195-196
Airborne and Special Operations Museum: 112
Airlie Gardens: 95
air travel: 354
Alabama Theatre: 124, 132
Albemarle Sound: 48-55
alcohol: 360
Alder Lane Beach Access: 300
Alligator Adventure: 125
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge: 55
amusement parks: 121-124, 125-126
Anchor Wreck: 231
Andrew Pinckney Inn: 16, 237-238
Angel Oak Park: 259-260
anoles: 95
aquariums: general discussion 356-357; Charleston 181-182; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 123; North Carolina Central Coast 77-78; Outer Banks 39; Wilmington and Cape Fear 103-104
Arthur Ravenal Jr. Bridge: 233
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina: 297
Atalaya: 151
Atalaya Arts and Crafts Festival: 152
Atlantic Beach Bikefest: 134
ATMs: 363
Attmore-Oliver House: 66
Audubon-Newhall Preserve: 294-295
auto travel: 354-355, 359-360
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture: 21, 194, 311
Awendaw: 258-259
Azalea Festival: 96
Azalea Park: 256
B
Bald Head Island: 104-105
Bald Head Island Lighthouse: 22, 104
Barefoot Landing: 16, 124-125
Barker House: 50
Barnwell-Gough House: 281
Barracuda Alley: 137
Baruch, Bernard: 161
Bath: 57
Battery, The: 16, 172, 174
Battle of Secessionville re-enactment: 222
beaches: general discussion 17, 357; Charleston 207-208, 210, 229, 262; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 137, 150, 151, 152; North Carolina Central Coast 78, 79-82; Outer Banks 31; South Carolina Lowcountry 285, 288-289, 300; Wilmington and Cape Fear 92, 101, 103, 110
Beaufort Air Show: 274
Beaufort Arsenal and Visitors Center: 270
Beaufort Film Festival: 274
Beaufort Historic Site: 72
Beaufort National Cemetery: 21, 271
Beaufort, North Carolina: 15, 20, 69-75; map 70
Beaufort Orchestra: 274
Beaufort Performing Arts, Inc.: 274
Beaufort Shrimp Festival: 274
Beaufort, South Carolina: 21, 267-279; map 268
Beaufort Water Festival: 274
Bedon-Lucas House Museum: 314
beer/breweries: Outer Banks 33, 40; South Carolina Lowcountry 297; Wilmington and Cape Fear 97
Belhaven: 57
Bellamy Mansion: 15, 21, 89
Bench by the Road: 209
Berners Barnwell Sams House: 272
bicycling: Charleston 208, 233-234; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 140; North Carolina Central Coast 83; Outer Banks 55, 58; South Carolina Lowcountry 276, 288, 290, 301-302, 314; Wilmington and Cape Fear 95-96
Big Dawg Productions: 96
Billie Burn Museum: 310
birds/bird-watching: general discussion 328-329; Charleston 210, 234, 259; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 151, 152; North Carolina Central Coast 73, 75, 83; Outer Banks 31, 40, 43-44, 52, 55, 57, 58; South Carolina Lowcountry 287, 293, 302, 316; Wilmington and Cape Fear 98, 101, 106
Birthplace of Pepsi: 66
Bishop Robert Smith House: 194
Blackbaud Stadium: 235
Blackbeard (Edward Teach): 73
Blessing of the Inlet: 152
Bloody Point Lighthouse: 310
Bluffton: 18, 307-310
Bluffton Oyster Company: 20, 307-308, 309
boating: general discussion 357-358; Charleston 230-231; South Carolina Lowcountry 275-276, 301; Wilmington and Cape Fear 110
boat travel: 355-356
Bodie Island: 42; map 35
Bodie Island Lighthouse: 22, 42
Bogue Banks: 77-79
Boiling Spring Lakes Preserve: 106-107
Bonnet, Stede: 73
Boone Hall Plantation: 18, 21, 206-207
botanical gardens: 113
Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area: 289
Bowery, The: 16, 128
British Cemetery: 46-47
Broad Creek: 300
Broadway at the Beach: 16, 121-124
Broadway Grand Prix: 123
Brookgreen Gardens: 16, 19, 151
Brunswick Town: 106
Buck Hall Recreation Area: 162, 234
Bull Island: 259
Burgwin-Wright House: 15, 89, 91
Burkes Beach Road: 300
bus travel: 355
C
Cabbage Row: 178
Calabash: 16, 20, 107
Calabash Seafood Hut: 20, 107
Calhoun Mansion: 178
Calibogue Sound: 300
Cameo Theatre: 113
camping: Charleston 230, 241, 259; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 144, 153; North Carolina Central Coast 68, 82; Outer Banks 42, 44-45, 47, 49, 55; South Carolina Lowcountry 287, 290; Wilmington and Cape Fear 98, 101, 103, 109, 110
Camp Lejeune: 101
Canadian American Days: 133
Canadian Hole: 44
canoeing: see kayaking/canoeing
Cape Fear Botanical Garden: 113
Cape Fear Museum of History and Science: 94
Cape Fear Regional Theatre: 113
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse: 22, 43
Cape Hatteras National Seashore: 15, 17, 20, 42-48
Cape Lookout Lighthouse: 22, 81-82
Cape Lookout National Seashore: 24, 79-82
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge: 258-259
Capers Island Heritage Preserve: 259
Carolina Beach State Park: 17, 103
Carolina Heritage Outfitters: 24, 287
Carolina Ice Palace: 234, 235
Carolina Opry: 16, 129-130
Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Center for American Sculpture: 151
car travel: 354-355, 359-360
Caswell Center Museum and Visitors Center: 69
Caw Caw Interpretative Center: 234, 259
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge: 83
cell phones: 364
Chamber Music Charleston: 217
Chamber Music Hilton Head: 297-298
Chapel of Ease: 281, 282
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site: 18, 207
Charleston: 16, 19, 21, 165-262; accommodations 235-241; entertainment and events 213-222; food 241-252; Greater Charleston 256-262; information and services 252-254; maps 169, 173, 236, 242, 257; shopping 223-229; sights 172-213; sports and recreation 229-235; transportation 254-255
Charleston (the dance): 211
Charleston Ballet Theatre: 218
Charleston Battery (soccer): 235
Charleston Blessing of the Fleet: 220
Charleston Fashion Week: 219
Charleston Food & Wine Festival: 218-219
Charleston Greek Festival: 220
Charleston green: 190
Charleston International Antiques Show: 219
Charleston International Film Festival: 220
Charleston Museum: 195
Charleston Music Fest: 218
Charleston, natives of: 217
Charleston Navy Yard: 203
Charleston River Dogs (baseball): 234-235
Charleston 60: 231
Charlest
on Stage: 216
Charleston Symphony Orchestra: 217
Charleston Tea Plantation: 261
Charles Towne Landing: 198-199
Cherry Grove Pier: 127
Cherry Museum: 68-69
Chesnut, Mary: 183
Chicamacomico Life Saving Station: 43
Children’s Museum of South Carolina: 125
Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry: 196
children, traveling with: 358
Chowan County Courthouse: 50-51
Christmas in Charleston: 222
churches/temples: Charleston 178-179, 185-187, 188-189, 190-191, 192, 194-195, 196-197; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 150, 157, 159; South Carolina Lowcountry 270-271, 283, 289, 307, 310; Wilmington and Cape Fear 106
Church of the Cross: 307
Circular Congregational Church: 188-189
Cistern, The: 194
Citadel Bulldogs athletics: 235
Citadel Museum: 197
Citadel, The: 197-198
City of Myrtle Beach Independence Day Parade: 134
climate: 321-323
Coastal Carolina University: 141
Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn: 294
Coburg Cow: 203
Colbert, Stephen: 216
Coligny Beach Park: 300
College of Charleston: 193-194
College of Charleston Concert Choir: 218
Colleton County Rice Festival: 314
Colleton Museum: 313-314, 315
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site: 256, 258
Confederate Museum: 191
Conroy, Pat: 269
Conway: 149-150
Cooper River Bridge Run: 219
Cooper River Underwater Heritage Trail: 231
Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild: 75
Core Sound Decoy Festival: 75
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum: 75
Corolla: 24, 32
Corolla Wild Horse Museum: 32
Crab Bank Heritage Preserve: 230, 234
crime: 359
Cross Creek Cemetery: 113
CSS Hunley: 18, 204-205
Cucalorus Film Festival: 96
Cupola House: 50
currency: 363
Currituck Banks National Estuarine Preserve: 33-34
Currituck Beach Lighthouse: 22, 32
Currituck Heritage Park: 31-32
Cypress Grill: 20, 53
D
Daufuskie Island: 21, 310-312
Davenport Homestead: 54
DeSaussure House: 174
disabilities, travelers with: 358
Dockside Seafood: 20, 107
Dock Street Theatre: 187-188
Dogwood Festival: 113
Dorchester State Historic Site: 281
Drayton Hall: 21, 199-200
Driessen Beach Park: 300
drugs, illegal: 360
E
East Carolina Motor Speedway: 52
East Coast Greenway: 149
East Cooper: 205-210
economy: 348-349
E. Craig Wall Jr. Lowcountry Nature Center: 151
Edenton: 50-51
Edenton State Historic Site: 50
Edgar Fripp House: 273
Edisto Beach State Park: 17, 288
Edisto Island: 288-291
Edisto Island Serpentarium: 289
Edisto Museum: 288
Edisto River: 24, 285, 289
Edmonston-Alston House: 174-175
11th Street Dockside: 284
Elizabethan Gardens: 38
Elizabeth City: 49-50
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church: 194-195
emergencies: general discussion 360-361; Camp Lejeune 88; Charleston 253; Fayetteville 114; Georgetown 164; Jacksonville 88; Murrells Inlet 154; Myrtle Beach 148; Outer Banks 28; Southport 88; Wilmington 88
environmental issues: 323-324
Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge: 286
etiquette: 351-352
F
Fall Motorcycle Rally: 134
Fall Tours of Homes & Gardens: 222
Family Circle Cup: 219-220, 235
Family Circle Tennis Center: 235
Family Kingdom Amusement and Water Park: 125-126
fauna: 326-330
Fayetteville: 111-114
Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry Armory and Museum: 112-113
Festival of Houses and Gardens: 219
Firefly Distillery: 261
Fire Museum: 205
fish/fishing: general discussion 357-358; Charleston 203, 210, 230-231; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 127, 138; South Carolina Lowcountry 275-276, 285, 289-290, 301
Fish Haul Creek Park: 300
flora: 324-326
Flowertown Festival: 256
Folly Beach: 17, 209-210, 229
Folly Beach Fishing Pier: 210, 230
Folly Field Beach Park: 300
food/restaurants: general discussion 20; see also specific place
Footlight Players: 217
Fort Anderson: 106
Fort Fisher State Park: 103-104
Fort Frederica: 281
Fort Fremont Preserve: 282
Fort Macon State Park: 78
Fort Moultrie: 208-209
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site: 15, 38
Fort Sumter: 18, 182, 184
Four Corners of Law: 179
Fourth of July Boat Parade: 152
Francis Hext House: 273
Francis Marion National Forest: 162
French Huguenot Church: 185-187
French Huguenots: 187
French Quarter: 16, 19, 184-188
Frogmore stew: 277
Front Street Brewery: 97
G
Garden Club of Charleston House and Garden Tours: 219
Gatesville: 49
gay and lesbian travelers: 358-359
geography: 318-321
Georgetown: 16, 21, 154-164; map 155
Georgetown County Museum: 156-157
Georgetown Lighthouse: 22, 160
Gibbes Museum of Art: 189-190
golf: general discussion 358; Charleston 232-233, 261, 262; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 138-139, 150, 152-153, 162-163; South Carolina Lowcountry 287, 302-303, 309, 310-311
Goose Creek State Park: 57
government: 347-348
gratuities: 363
Graystone Inn: 20, 99
Great Charleston Earthquake: 180
Great Dismal Swamp: 24, 48-49
Greater Charleston: 256-262; map 257
Great Swamp Sanctuary: 314
Green’s Shell Enclosure: 294
Green Swamp Nature Preserve: 106
Grove Plantation House: 286
Gullah Festival of South Carolina: 274
Gullah people: 311
guns, culture of: 352
H
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art: 194
Halyburton Park: 95-96
Hammocks Beach State Park: 101-102
Hampton Park: 197-198
Hampton Plantation: 16, 157, 159
hang gliding: 31, 34
Harbour Town: 18, 295-296
Harbour Town Lighthouse: 22, 296
Hardeeville: 315-316
Harkers Island: 24, 75
Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center: 71
Hatteras Island: 42-45
Have Nots!, The: 217
hazards, safety: 361-362
health: 359-362
Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park: 270
Hertford: 50
Heyward House Historic Center: 307
Heyward-Washington House: 178
hiking: Charleston 233-234; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 151, 162; North Carolina Central Coast 83; Outer Banks 31, 33-34, 49, 55, 57, 58; South Carolina Lowcountry 276, 288, 301-302, 314; Wilmington and Cape Fear 95-96, 103, 106-107, 111
Hilton Head Brewing Company: 297
Hilton Head Concours d’Ele
gance & Motoring Festival: 298
Hilton Head Island: 17, 18, 291-306; map 292
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra: 297
Hilton Head Wine and Food Festival: 298
History Place, The: 76
Hobcaw Barony: 160
Hope Plantation: 51-52
Hopsewee Plantation: 157
Horry County Museum: 150
horseback riding: Charleston 262; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 140-141; Outer Banks 44, 55; South Carolina Lowcountry 302
Horton-DuBignon House: 281
House of Blues: 124, 131
houses, Charleston’s: 177
Huguenots: 187
Hunting Island: 17, 19, 284-285, 287
Hunting Island Lighthouse: 22, 285
Huntington Beach State Park: 19, 151
hurricanes: 322-323
Husk: 16, 244, 247
Hyman’s Seafood: 20, 246
IJ
ice-skating: 234
information, tourist: 362-363
Inn at Middleton Place: 19, 202, 240
Internet access: 363
I’on Swamp Trail: 259
Irvin House Vineyard: 261
Isle of Palms: 17, 207-208, 229
Jacksonville: 101
Jet Skiing: Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 138; North Carolina Central Coast 67; Outer Banks 34
JFK Special Warfare Museum: 112
Jockey’s Ridge State Park: 15, 24, 31
John Blue Cotton Festival: 109
John Blue House: 108-109
John Mark Verdier House Museum: 270
Johns Island: 259-260
Jones Lake State Park: 110
Jonkonnu: 65
Joseph Johnson House: 272-273
Joseph Manigault House: 195
Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Ballpark: 198, 234
K
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Reform Temple: 192
Kaminski House: 155-156
kayaking/canoeing: general discussion 357; Charleston 229-230, 259; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 138, 152, 162; North Carolina Central Coast 73; Outer Banks 31, 33, 34, 40, 44, 47, 49, 52, 55; South Carolina Lowcountry 275, 287, 289, 290, 293, 300-301, 309, 314, 316; Wilmington and Cape Fear 101, 109, 110, 111
Kiawah Island: 18, 229, 261-262
King Street: 16, 192-197
kiteboarding: Charleston 231; Outer Banks 34, 44
Kitty Hawk Woods: 31
Kiwanis Club Chili Cookoff: 298
Kure Beach: 17, 103-104
L
La Belle Amie Vineyard: 127
La Fourchette: 18, 20, 248
Lake Waccamaw State Park: 109-110
Legare Farms: 234, 260
Legends in Concert: 131
lesbian and gay travelers: 358-359
Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve: 150
Lewis Reeve Sams House: 272