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has so much to offer visitors, it`s hard to know where to begin to describe its many attractions and amenities. For those who play golf, the state is famous for its many courses. It is also one of the choice destinations during the spring when azaleas, wisteria, Carolinian jessamine and other spring flowering bushes and vines turn the state into a flower lover’s paradise. It’s easy to enthuse about South Carolina`s sand beaches, sun, surf and golf courses. The historic community of Cheraw, the prettiest town in Dixie, located on a sandhill ridge that runs from Richmond Virginia to Georgia. One of the most interesting features of the ridge is the long leaf pines that grow throughout the area. Their needles are much prized for mulch. During the spring, homes are enhanced by colourful displays azaleas, dogwood, wisteria, climbing jessamine, Lady Banks Roses; Cheraw gives a good introduction to what the state of South Carolina is all about, beautiful 18th and 19th century homes, gorgeous gardens, lots of history, southern barbeque and buffet, friendly people.  Dizzy Gillespie was born in Cheraw. A park, featuring some excellent and innovative sculptures is named in his honour. Cheraw is part of the African-American Historical Sites tour on the South Carolina Cotton Trail. Its history is rooted deeply in those of African-Americans. Explore Brookgreen Gardens, consisting of 9,100 acres of lands that were three former rice plantations. They are home to the Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington Sculpture Garden, a Low Country History Center and Wildlife Refuge. Permanent exhibits include Exploring American Sculpture, Lowcountry - Change and Continuity, Cultural Garden, Native Animal Habitats and a domestic animal exhibit. Visitors can take creek and trekker excursions, a guided garden stroll, sculpture or botanical focus tours. The lively, family-oriented Grand Strand, a booming resort area along the South Carolina coast, is one of the eastern seaboard`s mega vacation centers. Myrtle Beach - the main attraction, of course, is the broad, beckoning beach -- 60 miles of white sand, stretching from the North Carolina border south to Georgetown, with Myrtle Beach as the hub. All along the Strand you can enjoy shell hunting, fishing, swimming, sunbathing, sailing, surfing, jogging, or just strolling on the beach. And the Strand has something for everyone: more than 100 championship golf courses, designed by Arnold Palmer, Robert Trent Jones, Jack Nicklaus, and Tom and George Fazio, among others; excellent seafood restaurants; giant shopping malls and factory outlets; amusement parks, water slides, and arcades; a dozen shipwrecks for divers to explore; campgrounds, most of which are on the beach; plus antique-car and wax museums, the world`s largest outdoor sculpture garden, an antique pipe organ and merry-go-round, and a museum dedicated entirely to rice. It has also emerged as a major center for country music, with an expanding number of theatres. As its east- west borders stretch from the sea to the mountains, the state offers a diverse landscape. South Carolina has always been an ocean playground for weary northern folks who want an escape from winter`s icy blast.
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