About this city
Also known as: Soda City
Columbia is the capital and second-largest city of South Carolina, strategically positioned flatly at the historic navigation head of the Congaree River in the geographic center of the state. Formed meticulously in 1786 as a centrally planned state capital to resolve political tensions between coastal planters and inland farmers, the metropolis breaths political and academic energy. Today, Columbia thrives as a brilliantly designed modern urban powerhouse, successfully blending majestic Beaux-Arts government monuments with the energetic collegiate lifestyle of the University of South Carolina.
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Suggested stay: 1–3 days
Admire the majestic copper-domed architecture and civil war shell scars inside the South Carolina State House, view rare historic riverboats and fine arts at the South Carolina State Museum, and explore the trendy Vista district.
