Even as small as I am I can’t miss this giant and iconic landmark! Adluh Flour Company, built in 1900, is the only flour mill still operating in South Carolina. You can find some of their stone-milled grits as part of the main course in some of our local restaurants. We’re halfway through the walking tour, so you won’t find my statue here. I’ve already scurried off to the next spot.

Columbia’s world-class museum features fantastic art inside and out. Now that you’ve found me, poke around the museum to see the colorful paintings. Or walk around Boyd Plaza and notice the Keenan Fountain, Apollo’s Cascade with its many waterfalls, Henry Moore’s Upright Motive, No. 8, and the large steel and fiberglass sculpture Homage to Abbot Suger.

Join me for a walk around the 100-year-old railroad tunnel, formerly part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, a major eastern rail route. Recently renovated to include landscaping and lighting, it is utilized by bikers and pedestrians. Within the tunnel, local artists were hired to paint murals within the tunnel of Columbia’s history, including “Watermarked”, which depicts the historic flood of October 2015.

Shhhh! I’m finishing a new book! This library is one popular spot because of the contemporary architecture and more than 20 pieces of original artwork. Downstairs, children go wild over the thousands of books, puppet stage, listening center, and puzzles. Characters from “Where the Wild Things Are” greet you as you enter the Children’s Room. Do you know the author of the book?

I love to brush up on my history when I’m here! Notice the home of democracy at the State House, located in the heart of Columbia and at the end of Main Street. It sure is a historic building with a storied past of war, struggle and accomplishments. The State House grounds are home to more than two dozen monuments. Can you find all 6 bronze stars located on the building?

Sound the gong! This landmark was created by local artists Clark Ellefson and Matthew Kramer, who said that Marvin Chernoff, considered a public relations mastermind, inspired the idea to create the Gong. The men said they remembered the late Mr. Chernoff having a smaller version of the gong that he used to signify the end of a conversation and a need to move on.

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral is one of the oldest houses of worship in Columbia, founded in 1812. Several prominent figures are buried here, including several Episcopal bishops; South Carolina governors; a U.S. Secretary of State, Senator and Supreme Court justice; officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War and Civil War; three presidents of the University of South Carolina; and a poet laureate of the Confederacy. Modeled after York Minster in England, the church is an example of English Gothic Revival architecture with 56 stained glass installations added between 1847 and 1998.

This is where I would spend my time between classes if I was a Gamecock! The Horseshoe was the original campus of the University of South Carolina when it was founded in 1801. Federal and regency architectural styles are represented in the buildings, including the South Caroliniana Library, designed by SC native Robert Mills, the United States’ first federal architect.