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My most favorite discovery out here by far.  Not far from where we live, we wandered upon the Cypress Gardens park.  Originally part of the Dean Hall rice plantation in 1750, this area is now a beautiful scenic park.  It boasts an 80-acre blackwater cypress swamp.  Part of its charm to me is that visitors are allowed to take row boats out into the swamp all on their own, or opt for a guided tour if they choose.  

If you think you recognize it, you probably do!  It has been the location of many movies; most notably, "The Notebook "scene with James Garner and Gena Rowlands rowing on the pond with swan floating nearby.  Also filmed there have been "The Patriot "with Mel Gibson, "Cold Mountain" with Jude Law and Nicole Kidman, the ABC miniseries "North and South", and of course, "Swamp Thing".