Local tour guide Ed Macy brings the historic district to life with 40 guided tours, including: Highlights Uniquely Charleston Famous People Nat'l Historic Landmarks Nat'l Register of Historic Places Pirates, Duels, and Ghosts Bed & Breakfasts / Inns Superlatives (biggest, oldest) Churches and Cemeteries Taverns and Bordellos Calamities and Disasters Interiors Museums Wars Panoramas Then and Now Doors, Windows, and Architectural Details Stained Glass Architectural Styles Tours Antique photos galleries

Charleston is a city that steals your heart every time you visit. Vibrant gardens reach out from behind wrought iron gates. Great dames of architecture on the tree-lined streets capture the imagination. And at every turn the amazing history of the "Holy City" is evident, the wars, earthquakes, and fires that she endured only serving to strengthen the will of her people and the character of her beauty.

On the Charleston ArmchairTour



Packed on a single CD-ROM, the Charleston ArmchairTour contains the entire historic district - with information, photos,
and architectural descriptions for every site in the district -
over 1,500 in all.


It's indispensable as a travel planner - you can preview
all the bed & breakfast inns, for example - and it makes
a great memento or gift.

• Explore over 1,500 sites in the historic district with the clickable map - every house, park, church, inn, and tourism-related business.

• Unique "Free Explore" interface enables you to "walk" up and down the streets and experience the sights and sounds as if you were there.

• Forty guided tours, including vampires, ghosts, and voodoo as well as tours based on history and architecture.

• Nearly 3,000 photographs, including "then and now" comparisons with many antique photos.

• 360° spherical panoramas, where you control the camera angle.

• Interior tours of some of the historic district's most famous houses, churches, and buildings.

• Complete architectural descriptions of all 1,500 sites, plus hundreds of "site histories."

• Interactive historical timelines highlight the cultural, political, and economic history; there's even a timeline for disasters and calamities.

• A "meet the locals" activity where you can learn what it is like to be a New Orleanian.

• Museum exhibits highlighting local arts and artists, photography, and the natural history of the area.

• Easy to use point-and-click interface.