Betty Hertzog, the 70-year-old owner of Magnolia Plantation, spoke of moving away from a property that has been in her family for 200 years.

At the south edge of Magnolia Plantation, eight simple cabins stood in a field of clover.

Magnolia Plantation is particularly well suited for families to visit.

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, 3550 Ashley River Road; (800) 367-3517.

The Magnolia Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

It is the closest town to Magnolia Plantation, a National Historic Landmark.

Scariest Places on Earth sent two families to spend the night at the Magnolia Plantation.

Magnolia Plantation is operated as a house museum and tourist attraction.

John Drayton's branch consolidated the holdings at Magnolia Plantation.

Even more astonishing is an explanatory placard outside a slave hut - now called an "antebellum cabin" - at Magnolia Plantation.