Street hiking in Charleston

Charleston is a fabulous walking city. It oozes history and charm. There are many architectural styles, some of them quite rare, at least in America. There's a lot of cool landscaping. And...it's flat! Anyone can walk it. This picture shows Chalmers Street, the city's longest remaining cobblestone street, first laid in 1760. The pink house was built about 1712 and was a tavern in prerevolutionary days. The cobblestones are very uneven and somewhat difficult to walk on, especially when you're drunk...so I imagine there were some mishaps hereabouts in the 1700s.