Last week, 16 things to do in Charleston were featured in an a Miami Herald article titled “Who needs money when you’ve got Charleston?” The article includes activities for the visitors interested in art, entertainment, history, food and more!

Here’s the free things to do you’ll find in the article (some of these sites are paid but have free days):

• The College of Charleston–campus, School of the Arts (free shows), observatory stargazing and Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
• Charleston’s many public parks
• Fireworks from The Joe at Brittlebank Park
• Karpeles Manuscript Museum
• Philip Simmons Gardens
• Art tours of the French Quarter
• The downtown Farmer’s Market
• Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
• The Angel Oak
• Charleston Tea Plantation
• Irvin-House Vineyards
• Rosebank Farms
• ACE Basin NWR

Philip Simmons Garden, www.philipsimmons.us