Middleton Place

Established along the Ashley River in the 1730s by planter John Williams and expanded across generations by the Middleton family, this 110-acre National Historic Landmark holds the oldest landscaped gardens in the United States. The Middleton Place Foundation now runs the site as a museum, with daily guided tours that include dedicated programming on the enslaved Africans and African Americans who lived and worked here. One ticket covers the gardens, house museum, stableyards, and that history — all of it.