DIY Exploration
Noble Beasts
American Humane Alliance Drinking Fountain, c. 1910 Abbeville, South Carolina All Creatures Great and Small Welcome to...
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...
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...
The Women of Converse
Statues of Converse: Pioneering Women in History Words & Photography by Faith Tolle, Explore Up Close Intern & Converse...
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...
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! ...
Garden of the Gods, “Walhalla”
St. John's Lutheran Church Walhalla, South Carolina "Four of those trees . . . sixty feet tall" That was indeed the...
South Carolina’s Friendship Nine
The Friendship Nine Rock Hill, South Carolina Written by Faith Tolle, Converse University student and Explore Up Close intern...
Lee State Park
Lee State Park, c. 1935Lee County, South Carolina Welcome to South Carolina . . . Land of Pine Trees and Artesian Wells!...
Farmers Hall: Pendleton, SC
Farmers Society Hall, circa 1826Pendleton, South Carolina Clemson – Farmers U?! Now hold on a second – that’s not unkind!...