DIY Exploration
Lying in State
Tomb of Francis Marion, c. 1893 Belle Isle Plantation, South Carolina The Swamp Fox's Enduring Legacy . . . with his tomb...
Virtual Travel Video: The Wreck of the Crissie Wright
Crissie Wright . . . a beautiful name, and a beautiful ship. But also, one of the saddest tales of them all, in the lore of...
Travel Guide: Abbeville, South Carolina
Abbeville is one of South Carolina’s small towns that seems to have thrived as a small town over the years. It has been a mill...
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...