Oh, so much history here. The first shot of the Civil War was shot at Fort Sumter. While doing a walking tour in the center of town, we saw rainbow row – 13 pastel painted Georgian row houses. They show up a lot on souvenirs and in other art. This area is also home to the richest in the city as well as the blue bloods whose ancestors came here in the 1700s. They live almost exclusively in their own society. We heard the story of Robert Smalls – a man born into slavery that not only freed himself and others, he given a command in the Union Navy and eventually became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Read his history please! We also toured the Magnolia Plantation, founded in 1676 by the Drayton family, it remain in that family. The gardens here are quite famous in travel mags and rightly so. There are several ponds on the grounds that are filled with birds, turtles, and alligators, one of which is nicknamed Red October, and not because he is Russian!