Passport to the South

From Cajun dance halls to the State Fair of Texas, here are 18 Southern rites of passage to cross off your list this year.

South Carolina
Illustration: Tim Kilgore

South Carolina

Where: Oak-lined Boone Hall Plantation; Charleston, SC

Earn your stamp: Tuck into freshly steamed oysters at the Lowcountry Oyster Festival— they go through 65,000 pounds every year!—on the lawn of the 720-acre colonial revival plantation, which served as Allie’s summer home in The Notebook. This bash is the winter equivalent of a backyard barbecue.

When to go: January 27 for the Lowcountry oyster roast—prime time to shuck the winter doldrums.

Plan it now: $15 admission, $10 for a bucket of three dozen oysters. boonehallplantation.com 


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