South Carolina's capital, Columbia, is a centrally located urban center home to a solid selection of cultural attractions but close also to peaceful parks and Lake Murray.

With more than a thousand miles of shoreline, Lake of the Ozarks is deservedly popular with houseboaters and water-skiers, though there are also cultural pursuits in the general region.

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