Uniquely Charleston Tours

21/06/2021

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09/04/2021

The crowds in downtown Charleston have increased immensely. But Uniquely Charleston Tours knows the out-of-the-way, off the beaten path, quieter places to tour.
This is the time of year in Charleston smells the best. Call to schedule your custom, private tour.


22/11/2020

Look what's new!

https://www.ancestorsfingermarksproject.org/

Forever captured in brickwork are the fingermarks of former enslaved children. Paul Garbarini, co-founder with Natalie Daise, of the Ancestors Fingermarks Project and owner of Uniquely Charleston...

18/04/2020

I listened to/attended a webinar yesterday for tour professionals around the country. They were sharing ideas for how to prepare for a "Trickle Back Recovery". Sell gift cards for the future? Only have small tours? (I already do that.) Promo Videos? What do you think?

11/03/2020

Thanks Southern Living Magazine for the shout out!

https://www.southernliving.com/travel/south-carolina/charleston-gullah-food

For about 20 years, my mother-in-law, Linda, lived in Charleston, South Carolina, on Queen Street just a couple of blocks from Colonial Lake. We walked…

24/08/2019

Former Colorado congressional candidate Saira Rao said that at McLeod Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina, a white tour guide took slave owners to task for their treatment.

30/06/2019

https://www.postandcourier.com/features/art-of-early-brick-laying-styles-can-be-found-throughout/article_c70d4982-6d07-11e9-b439-6b80e5105ae9.html

Most early structures throughout the Holy City followed three distinct styles — English, Flemish and American.

11/05/2019

I've long said you can tell the folks who have been on my tour...they're the ones standing in front of a wall staring at the bricks!

https://www.postandcourier.com/features/fingerprints-of-enslaved-children-imprinted-on-charleston-bricks-show-city/article_6a0835ca-5a02-11e9-a27c-1fd1eb870f67.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

Forever captured in Charleston, S.C.'s brickwork are the fingerprints of former enslaved children. There aren't many of them, but they are evident.

15/04/2019

12/04/2019

Stay tuned! I'm being interviewed next week for a newspaper story about hand-made bricks!

02/02/2019

In a city that begs its people to stare up at steeples, sometimes the building blocks of history requires us to look down. "They walk over this or they walk past," said Crystal Kornicky, a tour guide in training. She's talking about the bricks lining Philadelphia Alley in downtown Charleston, which....

29/12/2018

Researching original documents is a passion of mine. The results are what make these tours uniquely Charleston. Sometimes the stories from one place overlap with another in unexpected ways. Unexpected ways, yet exciting! Come on or come back. There's more!

12/10/2017

Slavery, Then & Now: A Reading List By Dr. Elizabeth Swanson Plantation Slavery and Abolition, and Their Legacies in the Americas Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, (New York: The New Press, 2010).Chronicles the targeting of black men through th...

04/10/2016

There's still time for a walk before Matthew arrives! Cloudy, breezy. Ideal tour weather.

31/07/2016

Geechie Joe by Cab Calloway in Stormy Weather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlE-Zv4Pyhk

http://www.bojazz.com/ http://bjazz.unblog.fr/ Cab Calloway & his Band - Geechy Joe (Cab Calloway, Jack Palmer & Andy Gibson), with Lena Horne, dancer Bill "...

29/07/2016

Who built this city? They left their mark! Will be glad to share where you can see more bricks like this.

11/07/2016

Our visitors are enjoying their tours at 8:30 AM!

26/05/2016

For those who have asked about the amazing photo above, it's by Steven Hyatt. He's at Marion Sq for Piccolo Spoleto!

11/05/2016

The new website is live! Check it out at http://uniquelycharleston.tours/

27/08/2015

The answer to one of most frequently asked questions...

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/your-guide-to-tracking-down-the-best-gullah-eats/Content?oid=5405238

When it comes to finding Gullah cuisine, the search can be perplexing. The entrepôt for the African slave trade, Charleston sits in the center of the Gullah Geechee Corridor — an area spanning from Wilmington, N.C. to Jacksonville, Fla.

05/06/2015

What a great job it is having to eat & write about Shrimp & Grits in Charleston!

http://www.wsj.com/articles/on-the-trail-of-charlestons-best-shrimp-and-grits-1433443436

Fresh shrimp served on a bed of simmered milled corn is a South Carolina classic, but nobody dishes them up better than historic Charleston. Here are the five best versions.

25/05/2015

McLeod Plantation Historic Site has become a Must See when you visit Charleston!

04/05/2015

McLeod Plantation Historic Site is unique in Charleston County in its interpretation of 160 + years of the local "transition to freedom". It's a Don't Miss during your visit here.

30/04/2015

Now open! 9am-4pm Tuesday-Sunday
McLeod Plantation Historic Site has a new and unique interpretation of life in the 19th & 20th centuries on James Island.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/arts/design/mcleod-plantation-museum-tells-the-story-of-the-south.html?_r=0

A museum on a former estate near Charleston, S.C., will focus on the lives of slaves owned by middle-class farmers.

27/02/2015

There are buildings in this photo of Charleston that are older than the country. Call to see them from street level, up close and personal.

City of Charleston

21/02/2015

There are countless reasons to be in Charleston, here are 11...

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/Eat/archives/2015/02/18/11-james-beard-award-semifinalists-mitterer-brock-bacon-keeler-stanhope-and-kolender

The James Beard Foundation has just announced the 2015 semifinalists for Restaurant and Chef Award categories, and Charleston earned a solid 11 nominations. And the nominees are:

20/02/2015

Wunderground says it's 21.7 degrees this morning, but feels like 22! I was going to say the same thing. But warm is around the corner. And walking in this enchanting city will be delightful again!

04/12/2014

http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/12/04/remnants-largest-slave-wharf-america-found/

Researchers working with Brockington Cultural Resources Consulting believe they have found the remnants of Gadsden’s Wharf in South Carolina, where an estimated 100,000 enslaved Africans arrived in America. “It is the place of arrival for a huge percentage of the early ancestors of people of African…

20/10/2014

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20141020/PC05/141029970/1177/charleston-named-no-1-us-tourist-destination-for-fourth-year-no-2-in-world

For the fourth year in a row, Charleston has been named the No. 1 tourist destination in the country by readers of Conde Nast Traveler.

25/07/2014

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pam-grout/charleston-travel_b_3424069.html

In Charleston, South Carolina, unlike many American cities where it's sometimes hard to find anything original, it's hard to find anything that's not completely one-of-a-kind.