Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, located on the Ashley River near Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the world’s last surviving nineteenth-century romantic gardens. It is where the largest and most ancient azalea and camellia collections were developed and where azaleas were first planted out of doors in a landscape setting. The plantation also provides a unique experience for visitors. Its swamp garden boardwalk allows visitors to enjoy birding all year round; the nature train takes visitors on a long ride throughout the plantation; a street of slave cabins has been meticulously restored to provide an excellent history tour of historic African-American life; and, the house tour shows the nature of post-Civil War life.