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All about SC’s Capital City

Riverbanks Boo at the Zoo in Columbia, SC: What to Expect

October 28, 2025October 22, 2025

Riverbanks Zoo’s Boo at the Zoo in Columbia, SC is one of the city’s best Halloween events and one of the zoo’s biggest events of the year. Boo at the …

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Fireflies Holiday Lights at Segra Park: What to Expect

October 5, 2025

Looking for one of the neater Christmas lights displays in Columbia, South Carolina? Consider checking out the Fireflies Holiday Lights at Segra Park, home to the capital city’s minor league …

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Wild Lights at the Zoo: Riverbanks Zoo’s Christmas Lights

September 12, 2025

Want to see the Lights Before Christmas at Riverbanks Zoo? Now known as Wild Lights at the Zoo, Riverbanks holds this Columbia zoo Christmas lights event every year with colorful …

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EdVenture: Columbia, SC Children’s Museum Visitor Guide

July 30, 2025

Looking for one of the best activities for kids in the South Carolina’s midlands? Look no further than the excellent EdVenture Children’s Museum in Columbia, SC. Located in downtown Columbia, …

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Steel Hands Vista Distillery Review

July 29, 2025

Steel Hands is one of Columbia’s, and in fact, one of South Carolina’s more successful craft breweries. They have a big taproom at their main beer production site in Cayce …

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Categories Columbia Food and Drinks

Prohibition Columbia Review – Great Food and Neat Place

May 2, 2024

Susana and I recently visited the newly opened Prohibition Columbia restaurant in downtown Columbia’s Main St District. I had actually tried to visit the Prohibition Charleston about a month earlier …

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SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum in Columbia Visitor’s Guide

February 24, 2023

South Carolina has a storied military history. Its important role in the War for Independence often goes under recognized, and South Carolinians have served in many other wars fought by …

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About SC Explorer

Photo of a couple in front of the South Carolina statehouse with fireworks overhead.

Hey ya'll! My name is Adam McConnaughhay, a Columbia, SC native. After a decade abroad in Cartagena in the country of Colombia (learn about it at my other site CartagenaExplorer.com), I returned to my hometown in 2022. I started this site to share all there is to explore in the great state of South Carolina.

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