I Want To Go To There - Kensington Mansion

  Last week I was pulling weeds in my backyard and instead of going inside to get a drink I managed to just suck some water right out of the air . . . and you know what that means - it's summer in South Carolina! No school, and lots of vacation days, means more time for you to check out some pretty interesting historic sites across the state. Unfortunately, it's easy to miss out on some of the smaller places among more popular sites like Drayton Hall, Historic Brattonsville and the marketing juggernaut that is Biltmore Estate. So, this summer I'll be doing a series of posts highlighting a few less well-known sites in the hopes that you'll pack up the kids, car, and whatever else you need for a road trip, and visit some of these off the beaten places. Seriously, you won't regret it.

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: 5 Things Worth Knowing About the State Hospital's Bull Street Campus

If you live in Columbia you’ve probably been seeing a lot of stories over the past few years on the SC Dept. of Mental Heath’s Bull St. property. There are a lot of arguments going back and forth about how to use the land, what buildings are worth saving, where the Confederate treasure is buried (just kidding!), etc. Anyway, I thought it might be nice to explore the background of the historic site in handy list form.