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Whatever your idea of a good time is, it is more than impossible to say that you won't enjoy yourself, while visiting Charleston, because the city has something interesting to see for every visitor, regardless of taste or preference.

Whether you're an outdoor person or an indoor person, whether you're into history or art, there are plenty of appealing attractions in Charleston that will satisfy every need, among the most popular and favorite ones being:

>> South Carolina Aquarium, a fun, family-friendly attractin which boasts with a rich wildlife, featuring exhibits that include the Great Hall, the Mountain Forest, Ocean, Coast, Penguin Planet or Camp Carolina, which is an outdoor adventure that offers visitors the chance to explore the wilderness of the mountains, where they can see snakes, freshwater fish, barn owls and many other of God's creatures.

>> Charleston Museum, America's First Museum, founded in 1773, which has the mission to preserve and interpret the cultural and natural history of Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry, featuring displays of cultural, historic and natural objects that reveal the social and architectural legacy of Charleston.

>> The historic Aiken-Rhett House Museum, which was built for Charleston merchant John Robinson in 1817, a typical Charleston double house - in 1949, I'On Rhett purchased the interests of the other heirs and lived at the Aiken-Rhett House with his wife, Frances Hinson Dill. Frances donated the property to The Charleston Museum in 1975. The Charleston Museum owned the house until 1995, when Historic Charleston Foundation purchased it.

>> Charleston Old Slave Mart, which recounts the story of Charleston's role as an urban slave-trading center during the domestic slave trade, telling the stories of the African-Americans who passed through its gates and their contributions to American society and culture. The exhibits reveal how the trade became a force for modernizing South Carolina, how it strengthened Charleston's financial, social, and political networks within the state, and how it extended the city's influence throughout the upper South, the lower South, and the emerging West.

Annual Events

Throughout the year, there are tons of fun and entertaining annual events held in Charleston, among the most favorite and expected ones, being:

- The Charleston Food and Wine Festival (March),

- Flowertown Festival (March),

- Founder's Day (April),

- World Grits festival (April),

- Charleston Greek festival (May),

- Reggae Nights (August),

- Moja Festival (September),

- The Taste of Charleston (October),

- and the Annual Charleston Parade of Boats (December).