South Carolina's natural and man-made beauty is often marked by its dark past, and Cypress Gardens is no different. In 1909, Benjamin Kittredge transformed this former slave plantation into a ...

Visitors to South Carolina Audubon’s Center and Sanctuary at the Francis Beidler Forest can learn the history of the area’s maroon community through a self-guided tour along a 1.75-mile ...

He cites the creation of South Carolina’s Congaree National Park as an example. An American alligator basks in solitude amid tupelos and ancient cypresses in Audubon’s Francis Beidler Forest.