Home to the country's oldest public gardens, this 17th-century Charleston lowcountry plantation also boasts one of the largest collections of azaleas and camellias in all of the United States. Take advantage of both the nature train and boat tour, which offer visitors breathtaking views and photo opportunities and an expansive tour throughout the plantation's picturesque wetlands, lakes, forests and mossy marshes. Two previous main houses on the Magnolia Plantation property were destroyed by fires during a raid by Union troops during the Civil War, and the current main house, furnished with beautiful antique wood period piece items, dates back to 1873.