From Savannah we drove up to Charleston. Another beautiful Southern city. Again the temps were in the 90's with very high humidity. But, what do you expect, it's August.
We first drove over to Rainbow Row and Battery Park. Rainbow Row has the most beautiful antebellum homes in the South. The following pictures speak for themselves...
Battery Park...
The closest my wife would let me get to Fort Sumter. I had been there before and two Civil War forts would have been too much to ask of her to endure. It's out there in the middle of the picture somewhere, trust me...
St. Phillips Church...
The next morning we took a mule drawn carriage tour of the residential section of Charleston. Our guide was excellent and the tour was great. I won't even try to remember the names of the the buildings and mansions that I am posting pictures of below. Needless to say, the photos again speak for themselves...
I do know that this home has incorporated a street light into its' corner wall that was used to hold it up after the Great Earthquake of 1886...
This was a famous slave trader's home. Notice the sharp pointed iron barbs on the fencing. That was to prevent slaves from jumping the fence to kill them in their beds while they slept after the Denmark Vesey incident...
The Calhoun Mansion. John C. Calhoun did not live here. It was named after him by its' owner...
The Circular Church graveyard...
We then ventured to Magnolia Cemetery. It contains the graves of a couple of thousand Civil War veterans as well as most of Charleston's famous historical personages. Most recently, the remains of the crew of the Confederate submarine Hunley were buried there...
The best of the rest...
I am not trying to be morbid. This place is a hidden jewel as far as I am concerned. On to Monticello.
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