American Humane Alliance Drinking Fountain, c. 1910 Abbeville, South Carolina All Creatures Great and Small Welcome to Abbeville, South Carolina! Home...
The Hidden Southeast
Abigail Pike and the Quaker State
Cane Creek Meeting House Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina The last year of the French and Indian War (1763), witnessed among other things, a 55-year...
Carolina Gold Rush
Carolina Gold Rush Words by Faith Tolle, Explore Up Close intern On a warm Sunday, in 1799, a young 12-year-old Conrad Reed bounced down to the Little Meadow...
The Women of Converse
Statues of Converse: Pioneering Women in History Words & Photography by Faith Tolle, Explore Up Close Intern & Converse University Student Marian...
The Banker’s House
The Banker's House, c. 1875 Shelby, North Carolina Five Generations of Bankers "The Banker's House" comes by that name honestly. It was built for a...
Travel Guide: Shelby, North Carolina
Does the town of Shelby, North Carolina, feature the greenest courthouse square in the Carolina Piedmont? I'm thinking Yes! To be precise, the old...
Garden of the Gods, “Walhalla”
St. John's Lutheran Church Walhalla, South Carolina "Four of those trees . . . sixty feet tall" That was indeed the directive given by master builder...
Lee State Park
Lee State Park, c. 1935Lee County, South Carolina Welcome to South Carolina . . . Land of Pine Trees and Artesian Wells! (Well . . . that catchy phrase...
Farmers Hall: Pendleton, SC
Farmers Society Hall, circa 1826Pendleton, South Carolina Clemson – Farmers U?! Now hold on a second – that’s not unkind! (And I’m not speaking as a...
Travel Guide: Pendleton, South Carolina
How many South Carolina towns do you know that have what you can’t help but call a “village green?” Only one is coming to my mind – and that’s Pendleton. ...