Things to do in Lowcountry

Stand beneath a centuries-old Southern live oak whose massive limbs dip to the ground and rise again in a small city park.

Walk or bike Wonders' Way across a cable-stayed bridge with two 575-foot diamond towers and wide views of Charleston Harbor.

Drive under the Avenue of Oaks, then tour the house, the brick slave cabins and the fields of a working plantation.

Browse four blocks of open-air sheds and the Great Hall for sweetgrass baskets, local crafts and souvenirs.

Tour an 18th-century Palladian plantation house on the Ashley River, then explore its grounds, gallery and cemetery.

Walk through a restored coastal fort on Sullivan's Island that traces harbor defense from 1809 through World War II.

Ride a ferry across Charleston Harbor to walk the island fort where the first battle of the Civil War took place.

Climb 114 steps up the red-and-white striped lighthouse for views over the Harbour Town yacht basin.

Climb the historic lighthouse, walk five miles of beach and hike maritime forest on a wild Lowcountry barrier island.

Explore African American history on Gadsden's Wharf, where a large share of enslaved Africans arrived in North America.

Walk centuries-old gardens of azaleas, camellias and live oaks along the Ashley River, then tour the house.

Stroll the oldest landscaped gardens in the United States, tour the house museum and visit the stableyards on the Ashley River.

Board the WWII aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Laffey on Charleston Harbor.

See 13 pastel-painted historic row houses lining East Bay Street between Tradd and Elliott Streets.

Walk from mountain streams to the open ocean through South Carolina habitats, then touch rays and watch sea turtles in recovery.

Stroll the harbor seawall promenade past antebellum mansions to the oaks and cannons of White Point Garden.