Sightseeing and Tours in Aiken, SC

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Life in Aiken The coming of the railroad was a major factor in the birth of Aiken. The all-important cotton crop and ...

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The Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum celebrates the great tradition of Thoroughbred racing and Aiken's...

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[Front]: This Episcopal Church (cornerstone laid Sept. 5, 1842) was consecrated Aug. 9, 1843. It is the city?s oldest...

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Hitchcock Woods, one of the largest urban forests in the United States, is an area consolidated between 1891 and 1898...

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Opened in 1995 Dome of 9.14m 45 seats Digital system Evans & Sutherland Digistar II

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Aiken, chartered in 1835 and the county seat of Aiken County since its creation in 1871, was an early stop on the rai...

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[Front]: The tracks of the S.C. Railroad, operated by the S.C. Canal & Railroad Company, ran here from 1833 to the 18...

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Iron heliometer tower, which served as an observatory, and housing for instruments, including powerful telescopes, us...

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This is the site of Camp Butler, a Confederate "camp of instruction" that operated from the spring to the fall of...

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On January 27, 1953, an explosion caused by a natural gas leak killed ten people and destroyed five buildings on the ...

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Aiken County Historical Museum