CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The story of the first water buffalo in the United States is a little-known tale of a Southern rice plantation, a Yankee barbecue and New York's Central Park Zoo. Now 150 years ...

While Middleton Place's gardens attract visitors who appreciate manicured order, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens appeals to lovers of wilder spaces and romantic-style gardens. Visitors come to ...

“I thought, ‘I’m headed to a family reunion on a plantation where my ancestors were enslaved.’” Bellinger, a historian and researcher from Boston, was on his way to Middleton ...

Remarks that ABC News4 learned are not only directed at McLeod Plantation. Other Charleston-area plantations, like Middleton Place, say they hear similar comments Beth Ragiola is one of the ...

Visitors can also watch historical re-enactors demonstrate the skills and technology used on an 18th-century plantation or take a carriage or guided garden tour. Middleton Place is open every day ...