Issaqueena Falls is an attraction in the same park as Stumphouse Tunnel. This is a great picnic spot with several nearby attractions. The falls were named after an Indian girl who found out that her tribe was planning an attack … Continued
Happy Cow Creamery is a fun little excursion if you happen to find yourself between Greenwood and Greenville, South Carolina. It’s a locally-owned dairy with an on-the-farm milk bottling plant that’s open to the public. You can bring your kids … Continued
Looking Glass Falls is an attraction right off US 276 near Brevard, North Carolina. It’s a very popular tourist spot in the summer because of the on-site parking and the very short path that runs beneath the falls. As a … Continued
Wildcat Branch Falls is a series of cascades just off HWY 276 in South Carolina, not far from Caesars Head and Table Rock State Park. When I say it’s right off the road, I mean you can see the lower … Continued
Campbell’s Covered Bridge is one of those fun little sites you can drop by on a longer trip through upstate South Carolina. Constructed in 1909, Campbell’s Covered Bridge is the only remaining covered bridge in the State of South Carolina. … Continued
The Poinsett Bridge is a relic of a bygone era when traveling across mountain ranges took weeks rather than hours. Poinsett Bridge is the oldest bridge in South Carolina and perhaps in the entire southeastern United States. Named for Joel … Continued
There’s a free event just outside of Cashiers, North Carolina every February called the Great Sapphire Valley Resort Outhouse Races. The race is a charity event to benefit the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society. Local clubs and businesses build outhouses on skis … Continued
Stumphouse Tunnel has an interesting history. The tunnel was first proposed in 1835 by residents of Charleston, South Carolina as a new and shorter route for the Blue Ridge Railroad between Charleston and the Ohio river valley area which until … Continued
Bahia Honda State Park is nestled on a small strip of land in the Florida Keys right off of Route 1, 37 miles north of Key West. It’s $5 per person or $8 per car, but it’s worth the price … Continued
Falls Park in downtown Greenville, South Carolina is one of the reasons I moved there. It shows the kind of vision that I sought from community leaders before relocating. I even wrote an editorial for the paper describing the reasons … Continued