South Carolina
The self-guided tour inside the World of Energy at the Oconee Nuclear Station provides a pretty darn interesting look at electricity and how it has been produced in the region, from the use of water power to coal to uranium. The nuclear plant went online in 1973, and has since generated more than 500 million megawatt-hours of electricity.
There's also a lovely nature trail that runs along Lake Keowee, with a picnic area that makes for a perfect lunch spot.
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This dramatic 186ft-high waterfall, reached along a 500ft path from the visitor center on the campus of Tocca Falls College, is one of the tallest free…
28.53 MILES
In the epicenter of downtown Greenville, this stunning 32-acre oasis is a joy to wander. Be sure to cross the park's Liberty Bridge, a modern wonder…
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The Upcountry's marquee natural attraction is Table Rock Mountain, a 3124ft-high mountain with a striking granite face. The 7.2-mile round-trip hike to…
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Do not leave Greenville without a stroll across this dazzling, modern bridge, suspended and curving over the Reedy River Falls. The silvery 345ft-long…
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The 1000ft-deep Tallulah Gorge carves a dark scar across the wooded hills of North Georgia. Walk over the Indiana Jones–worthy suspension bridge, and be…
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Toccoa's pride and joy is this 14,000-sq-ft museum dedicated to the inaugural US Army paratrooper training camp, located here during WWII, and the four…
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Sometimes you want to earn your stunning view – with a 10-mile hike or an all-day bike ride. Other times you just want to step out of your car, walk 30…
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The highlight of this alluring, 622-acre park is the crystal-clear, spring-fed Lake Jocassee, which was artificially created in the early 70s, when the…
1. Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina
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South Carolina's only museum dedicated solely to Cherokee history is contained in a small white-brick building in the northwestern corner of the state…
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The highlight of this alluring, 622-acre park is the crystal-clear, spring-fed Lake Jocassee, which was artificially created in the early 70s, when the…
3. Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklore Center
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You’ll find more than a historic mill at this streamside site in Pickens County. Several hundred petroglyphs have been discovered in the Upcountry, and…
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The Upcountry's marquee natural attraction is Table Rock Mountain, a 3124ft-high mountain with a striking granite face. The 7.2-mile round-trip hike to…
5. Traveler's Rest State Historic Site
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The only surviving travelers' rest along the Unicoi Turnpike (a once-busy thoroughfare over the Appalachian Mountains), this stagecoach inn and plantation…
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Sometimes you want to earn your stunning view – with a 10-mile hike or an all-day bike ride. Other times you just want to step out of your car, walk 30…
7. Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum
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If you move it closer to the baseball stadium, they will definitely come. That was the theory behind dismantling, relocating and reconstructing Shoeless…
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The 1000ft-deep Tallulah Gorge carves a dark scar across the wooded hills of North Georgia. Walk over the Indiana Jones–worthy suspension bridge, and be…