The Alabama Theatre's name is its origin story, and its emcee tells it in this page's backstage tour: the theater is named for the country supergroup Alabama, who got their start playing for tips at the Bowery in Myrtle Beach in the 1970s — their longtime manager Dale Morris and investors built the theater and named it for the band that put Myrtle Beach on the map.
Alabama Theatre | 40 Years of Entertainment
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Meet the Alabama Theatre company at Barefoot Landing: cast members in their 16th and 26th seasons explain why the theater's resident production keeps audiences dancing in the aisles — a high-energy show the cast is proud to say surprises people with its level of talent — and why a theater that has been entertaining Myrtle Beach for 30 years still changes and grows the show every season.
Atalaya is the strangest house on the Carolina coast: a Moorish-style winter residence of courtyards and herringbone brick, built from 1931 to 1933 inside what is now Huntington Beach State Park. The ranger-led film tells the founding plainly — Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington built it with all-local labor, teaching residents construction skills they kept for life, after Anna's tuberculosis diagnosis sent them looking for a warmer winter climate — while Brookgreen Gardens rose across the highway at the same time.
Barefoot Landing is Barefoot Landing is North Myrtle Beach's answer to Broadway — a lakefront district of shops, restaurants and theaters (the Alabama Theatre and the House of Blues both live here) wrapped around the water at the Intracoastal's edge. Two channels tour it the way weather changes, and this page stacks their visits.
What's NEW at Barefoot Landing in North Myrtle Beach! Full Tour!
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian's newest full tour of Barefoot Landing, just over the line in North Myrtle Beach: a ton of shops, a lot of entertainment and a lot of restaurants around the lake and the Intracoastal side. It's their current-state record of the complex, development news included, posted as their latest what's-new walk.
Breakfast is the meal the Grand Strand's film-makers take most seriously after seafood — and because the catalog had no breakfast coverage at all, most of this guide was filmed fresh for it.
The Top 5 Best Breakfast Picks from NEWER Restaurants in Myrtle Beach 2026 - Where to eat!
Beachin with the Boones
The Boones count down their top five breakfast picks from Myrtle Beach's NEWER restaurants for 2026, ranked on taste, service and overall enjoyment. Shrimp and grits, steak and eggs, pancakes and waffles, and a roomy buffet spot built for large families all make the list — the current-state breakfast briefing for the Grand Strand.
This is the Strand's dining shortlist as the people who film it actually eat it — no press releases, just full meals reviewed on camera, from the oceanfront institution to the dive with dollar bills on the walls.
Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Dining at Sea Captain's House! Is it the BEST oceanfront restaurant?
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian lunch at Sea Captain's House, the oceanfront restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner on North Ocean Boulevard. The 2024 review tours the dining rooms and both bars — inside and out — works through the seafood menu, and lands on the verdict its regulars already know: they recommend it, and the view cannot be beaten.
Seafood on the Grand Strand runs on three traditions — the all-you-can-eat buffet, the inlet dockside restaurant, and Calabash-style frying — and this guide's films work all three at full length.
WORLD’S LARGEST All-You-Can-Eat Calabash Seafood Buffet!
Vacation Education
Vacation Education's Buffet Bus rolls into The Original Benjamin's, billed as the world's largest Calabash seafood buffet. The full tour works a buffet of more than 170 items and puts the scale on the table: staff say the restaurant serves about 2,000 pounds of crab legs a day and roughly half a million pounds over a year.
Broadway at the Beach is the Grand Strand's default setting — the place every Myrtle Beach trip orbits. The scale, from the owner's own segment: a 350-acre waterfront complex built around a 23-acre lake, organized into themed villages with around 20 restaurants plus attractions, entertainment and nightlife in one walkable loop.
BROADWAY AT THE BEACH TOUR | WHAT'S OPEN & NEW | MYRTLE BEACH, SC
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian's full walking tour of Broadway at the Beach — what's open, what's new and what's changed, district by district. The film walks The Avenue dining strip, notes the former Johnny Rockets spot being reworked, and ends at RideMakerz, the build-your-own remote-control car shop that's a fixture for families.
Broadway Grand Prix is a family business with a founding story, and its own marketing family tells it in this page's lead film: the Lazarus family's grandfather started the Grand Prix in 1976 on the south end of Myrtle Beach so regular people could race go-karts — pioneering the family track industry — and the business grew into today's Broadway Grand Prix (opened 2018 across from Broadway at the Beach) and sister park Myrtle Waves.
Brookgreen Gardens is the Grand Strand's masterpiece, and it is not in Myrtle Beach — it sits in Murrells Inlet, about 30 minutes south on US-17, which is close enough that no Myrtle trip is complete without it. The institution's own framing: more than 9,000 acres that are simultaneously an accredited museum holding the finest collection of American figurative sculpture in the country, an accredited zoo, and a botanical garden.
Calabash is the Grand Strand's favorite day trip — and it is not in South Carolina. The little town sits just over the North Carolina line, 20 to 45 minutes up Highway 17 depending where on the Strand you start, and it bills itself as the Seafood Capital of the World.
A Day in CALABASH, North Carolina! Things to do Near Myrtle Beach, SC!
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian make the day trip up Highway 17 to Calabash, North Carolina — a 20-to-45-minute drive depending on where you start on the Grand Strand — and tour the self-proclaimed Seafood Capital of the World. The film covers the town's restaurants and shops and explains what Calabash-style seafood means: lightly breaded, deep-fried and served in generous portions.
Captain George's is Myrtle Beach's giant Calabash-style seafood buffet, famous above everything for all-you-can-eat crab legs. Unusually, this page's films span nearly a decade of visits — 2017 to 2026 — so the buffet is documented the way regulars experience it: repeatedly.
Captain George's Seafood Buffet in Myrtle Beach! ALL you can eat CRABLEGS! Full Buffet Tour!
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian's full tour of Captain George's Seafood Buffet in Myrtle Beach, one of their favorite restaurants on the Grand Strand. The 2024 film walks every buffet station, covers current pricing and when to find deals, and finishes at the bar seating and the dessert line's flan.
Captain Hook's Adventure Golf, on North Kings Highway, is the most theatrical putt-putt on the Grand Strand: two 18-hole courses built as a Peter Pan set — pirate ship, skull cave, crocodile, and an animatronic Peter Pan who, as Carmen and Brian discovered, talks nonstop.
Watch: Captain Hook's Adventure Golf, guided
3 videos · summaries from the actual guides
Captain Hook's Miniature Golf in Myrtle Beach, SC! Peter Pan Themed Putt Putt Course!
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian play Captain Hook's Adventure Golf on North Kings Highway, walking the Peter Pan-themed course hole by hole. The film climbs to the course's high points for its views toward the beach, lingers on the animatronic Peter Pan who talks nonstop, and shows the Neverland set pieces — the pirate ship, skull cave and crocodile — that make this one of the Strand's most theatrical putt-putt stops.
Carolina Country Music Fest takes over the downtown oceanfront each June — the old Pavilion site turned into a multi-stage festival ground in the middle of Myrtle Beach. It reached its 10th edition in 2025, and this page's films cover the festival from inside, outside and above the gates.
The Beach Boys, Jelly Roll CCMF 10 Carolina Country Music Fest with Retro Myrtle Beach Guy 2025
Retro Myrtle Beach Guy
The Retro Myrtle Beach Guy finally gets inside Carolina Country Music Fest for its 10th edition, wristband borrowed and camera in hand. The film walks the downtown oceanfront grounds — Main Street USA, Myrtle Beach — through the crowds and the stages, and catches the Beach Boys' set on a weekend he calls a lifelong dream fulfilled.
Cherry Grove, the northernmost neighborhood of North Myrtle Beach, is the Strand's quiet end — a beach of houses rather than high-rises, running out to an inlet point where the road simply stops.
Cherry Grove Point Walk in North Myrtle Beach. Still Secluded. The Angel Of Hope Has Returned.
Beachin with the Boones
The Boones walk out to Cherry Grove Point, the secluded inlet point at the very end of Ocean Boulevard where Cherry Grove meets the marsh. They park at the end of the road, take the little walkway out, and find the Angel of Hope statue shifted further out than on their last visit — a quiet, locals-feeling end of the beach, nothing like the Strand's busy middle.
The Cherry Grove Pier, at the north end of North Myrtle Beach, spent 2023 as a construction site and came back in March 2024. This page's four films tell that whole arc in order — which makes it less a tour than a short documentary about a neighborhood getting its pier back.
What’s Newly Opened in North Myrtle Beach, SC! The Cherry Grove Fishing Pier is NOW BACK OPEN! 2024!
Beachin with the Boones
The Cherry Grove Fishing Pier is back: the Boones film the pier in March 2024, freshly reopened after the long rebuild that kept it closed through 2023. Anglers are already fishing and walkers are out on the deck; the hosts check what is open, talk to people fishing, and take in the pier as a working fishing pier again.
Twenty minutes inland from the beach sits one of South Carolina's oldest towns — Conway, a historic river town on the Waccamaw that the Retro Myrtle Beach Guy compares, affectionately, to Mayberry. It is the Grand Strand's easiest change of pace.
Historic Conway South Carolina Walking Tour | Downtown Sights & History with Retro Myrtle Beach Guy
Retro Myrtle Beach Guy
The Retro Myrtle Beach Guy gives the definitive walking tour of Conway, the historic river town about 20 minutes from Myrtle Beach that he compares to Mayberry. The film roams the walkable, picturesque downtown's historic sites and hidden details, the Waccamaw River riverwalk and the town's live-oak streets, and argues a day in Conway is a must on any Myrtle Beach trip.
The Grand Strand is a string of towns, not one city — and the best day trips are short. This guide's films make five of them, each with its own page on this site.
A Day in CALABASH, North Carolina! Things to do Near Myrtle Beach, SC!
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian make the day trip up Highway 17 to Calabash, North Carolina — a 20-to-45-minute drive depending on where you start on the Grand Strand — and tour the self-proclaimed Seafood Capital of the World. The film covers the town's restaurants and shops and explains what Calabash-style seafood means: lightly breaded, deep-fried and served in generous portions.
Myrtle Beach is the capital of the Grand Strand — some 60 miles of continuous Atlantic beach running from Little River to Georgetown, with Myrtle’s boardwalk, amusement piers and theater row at its center. More golf courses call this coast home than anywhere in America, and its dinner-show and variety theaters invented a genre of family nightlife the whole country copied. This hub is the map of the modern version: every guide below is built from real film, summarized honestly, with dated footage flagged rather than hidden.
Family Kingdom is the old soul of the Boulevard: built in 1966, the Carolinas' only seaside amusement park, oceanfront in the middle of Myrtle Beach. This page's six films cover its rides, its near-death experience, and its surprise future.
Family Kingdom Myrtle Beach Amusement Park Tour! 6 NEW Rides!
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian's full Family Kingdom tour, headlined by six new rides at the area's largest amusement park. The Swamp Fox wooden coaster gets first ride — decent size, ocean views from the top — and the film closes on the discount page: locals and military wristband discounts were running at the time of recording.
A Myrtle Beach vacation has a free layer that most visitors underuse. This guide's films map it — starting with the list itself.
Top 9 Free Things to Do in Myrtle Beach | Budget-Friendly Activities for Families & Couples
MyrtleBeach.com
MyrtleBeach.com's budget guide: the top 9 free things to do in Myrtle Beach. Broadway at the Beach costs nothing to stroll and runs free fireworks and nightly entertainment in its Summer Nights series; Barefoot Landing answers with gator sightings, specialty shops and its own SummerFest performers; the Boardwalk is the free evening stroll with ocean views and live bands.
Garden City Beach sits just south of Myrtle Beach and runs at a different speed — a town of beach houses, a creek side and a pier, pitched by everyone who films it as the quiet alternative minutes from the crowds.
Why Visit Garden City Beach? Near Myrtle Beach, SC
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian's 'Why Visit Garden City Beach?' — the case for the quiet town just south of Myrtle Beach, made as a full tour: the wide beach, the pier, the creek side, and the practical amenities visitors actually use, down to the beach-access showers and foot-wash stations. The definitive Garden City orientation from the Strand's most prolific tourers.
The Pier at Garden City — 668 feet of fishing deck, arcade, cafe and a bar at the end — is the social center of Garden City Beach, and it is filmed here across a full year of seasons.
The Pier at Garden City Beach - Labor Day Weekend Tour & Lunch at Sam's Corner! Near Myrtle Beach
Beachin with the Boones
Labor Day weekend at the Pier at Garden City: the Boones tour the pier at the height of the season's last big weekend — the fishing deck, the arcade and cafe, the bar at the end with its summer live-music nights — then look back down the coast toward Murrells Inlet from the end of the pier, with lunch at Sam's Corner, the diner across the street since 1976.
An hour south of Myrtle Beach — and an hour north of Charleston — Georgetown is South Carolina's third-oldest city, a working harbor town whose waterfront carries both a historic district and an industrial edge. The films on this page do not sand that down.
I Found the Real Georgetown, and It Surprised Me
Adventures with Duncan
Adventures with Duncan's essay film asks what Georgetown is now. Starting at Hampton Plantation, he traces how land, water and the rice economy — built on enslaved labor — shaped the region before walking the Harborwalk and Front Street of South Carolina's third-oldest city, weighing the steel-mill scars and industrial waterfront against the town's unhurried charm.
Concerts are the hardest thing on this site to document: venues restrict filming, and what fans post is ninety seconds of phone footage. The House of Blues at Barefoot Landing is no exception — its verified film record is two videos, and this page carries both rather than padding with other cities' Houses of Blues.
Watch: House Of Blues Myrtle Beach, guided
2 videos · summaries from the actual guides
Clutch @ House of Blues in Myrtle Beach (10/17/26) - Escape From the Prison Planet
Matthew Albano
A short fan-shot clip of rock band Clutch performing 'Escape From the Prison Planet' live on stage at the House of Blues Myrtle Beach at Barefoot Landing — a taste of the venue's concert room in full swing.
Huntington Beach State Park is the Grand Strand's quiet masterpiece — a wide, never-crowded beach and maritime forest in Murrells Inlet, minutes south of the strip. Carmen and Brian call it a hidden gem; the campers who book its sites a year out call it their once-a-year splurge.
Huntington Beach State Park Campground SC
I Love RV Life
I Love RV Life give a full tour of Huntington Beach State Park's campground from premium site 160: paved full-hookup pads (50/30 amp, water, sewer) under live oaks on the beach side of the loop, waves audible at high tide, and why this small, fast-filling campground near Murrells Inlet became their once-a-year splurge — plus a taste of the wide, quiet beach itself.
Legends in Concert — born in Las Vegas in 1983, running in Myrtle Beach for over three decades — recreates musical heroes with live vocals and obsessive authenticity. Its COO is also its resident Elvis: Taylor Rodriguez decided on this career at age 9 after seeing an Elvis tribute in Myrtle Beach, and explains in the lead film how the show works — down to original costumes Elvis himself wore.
Little River, just below the North Carolina line, is one of South Carolina's oldest coastal communities — a working fishing village that grew up in the 1930s and became the Grand Strand's charter-fishing capital. It packs more range into a small waterfront than any town on this coast.
The World-Famous Blue Crab Festival in Little River near Myrtle Beach
Beachin with the Boones
Beachin' with the Boones attends the 44th annual World Famous Blue Crab Festival in Little River, a two-day May festival that draws 20,000 to 30,000 people to the waterfront. Armed with $50 each, the hosts work the food vendors and crab dishes, the arts and crafts rows and the live music, and total up what a festival day costs.
The honest version: Medieval Times films its show chain-wide, and verified film of the Myrtle Beach castle specifically barely exists. Rather than dress this page with footage from other castles, it carries the one film that is genuinely Myrtle Beach's — and says so.
Watch: Medieval Times Myrtle Beach, guided
1 videos · summaries from the actual guides
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament | 40 Years of Entertainment
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Jim Collins, Medieval Times' director of stunts and choreography at the Myrtle Beach castle, tells how he walked in looking for a job 30 years ago and was put in a show that same night. He explains the tournament story — the king and queen call the knights of the realm to compete — and why the immersive dinner, eaten with your hands, becomes a core memory families return to across generations.
Molten Mountain wraps two mini-golf courses around — and inside — a 50-foot volcano in North Myrtle Beach. The indoor course is the one that gets filmed, and it gets filmed by essentially one creator: all three videos on this page are Brooks Holt family matches, which makes this page an honest, single-source record rather than a survey.
Watch: Molten Mountain Mini Golf, guided
3 videos · summaries from the actual guides
The Molten Mountain Mini Golf Match!
Brooks Holt
A full Brooks Holt match on the indoor course at Molten Mountain in North Myrtle Beach — Brooks, Elisha and his mom play all 18 holes inside the volcano, with running hole-by-hole commentary on the tight gaps and flat-looking putts that make this course play harder than it looks. Sponsored by Visit Myrtle Beach.
Murrells Inlet is the Seafood Capital of South Carolina, and its MarshWalk — a boardwalk strung over the marsh along the restaurant row — is the Grand Strand's favorite waterfront strip. Its own story, told by a man who grew up here: about 25 years ago the inlet's property owners came together to build the boardwalk over the marsh — the old government dock became the Veterans Pier — and turned a fishing village waterfront into a dining-and-music strip with headboat fishing, dolphin cruises and goat sightings included.
The Strand's adrenaline tier, plus the outdoor days that balance it — nine films from hosted animal encounters to a parking-meter race against the thrill rides.
Jay Prehistoric Pets Visits Myrtle Beach Safari!
Myrtle Beach Safari
Reptile YouTuber Jay Brewer (Jay Prehistoric Pets) brings his daughters for a full day at Myrtle Beach Safari, and the preserve's own film of the visit is the most complete look at the experience: a welcome from the T.I.G.E.R.S. team — The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species — who live on site with more than 100 animal ambassadors, then encounter after encounter. Like all Safari footage, this is a hosted media visit: guests on the Wild Encounters Tour don't film — the preserve's photographers document it, and the flood of photos is part of what Jay raves about.
The Franklin G. Burroughs–Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum is the Grand Strand's only art museum — free admission, opened in 1997, and housed in a story of its own: a 1924 villa built by Cannon Mills' Eugene Thomas Cannon and his wife Emma. Its own film tells both stories and closes with the Villa Club campaign to carry the house into its next hundred years.
Art Museum Villa FINAL
Myrtle Beach Art Museum
The Art Museum's own film tells two stories: the museum that opened in 1997 with ever-changing exhibitions, and the villa that houses it — built in 1924 by Eugene Thomas Cannon of Cannon Mills and his wife Emma, a century-old house with a history of family survival and reinvention. The film closes with the Villa Club campaign to carry the building into its next hundred years.
The classic Myrtle Beach bachelor party is a golf trip with nights attached. This guide's films build it in that order.
We're Building a Golf Trip!
Play Golf Myrtle Beach
A Myrtle Beach Golf Report episode in which hosts Kyle Oland and David Williams build a Myrtle Beach golf trip on the wheel — spinning for courses and landing on the North Strand. A working look at how golf trips get planned in the Golf Capital of the World: courses, ends of the Strand, and the package logic groups actually use.
This guide is built from how groups of women actually film their Myrtle Beach weekends — competitive mini golf, a vineyard afternoon, serious shopping, and the wheel.
We’ve Still Got It: The Ultimate Girls Trip to Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Visit Myrtle Beach's scripted girls-trip short: four friends trade nap-and-read plans for a say-yes-to-everything Myrtle Beach weekend — spritzes, foot massages, and a jet ski lesson among the yeses. (Watch content on the bachelorette guide; the promo's spoken track runs 148 words, under the keeper floor, so no transcript is stored.)
The Grand Strand is 60 miles of coastline, and 'the beach' means something different every few miles. This guide's films walk the main choices so you can pick your stretch of sand by temperament, not by hotel address.
Cherry Grove Point Walk in North Myrtle Beach. Still Secluded. The Angel Of Hope Has Returned.
Beachin with the Boones
The Boones walk out to Cherry Grove Point, the secluded inlet point at the very end of Ocean Boulevard where Cherry Grove meets the marsh. They park at the end of the road, take the little walkway out, and find the Angel of Hope statue shifted further out than on their last visit — a quiet, locals-feeling end of the beach, nothing like the Strand's busy middle.
Myrtle Beach's motorcycle calendar runs on three rallies, not one — and this page's films cover all of them: the spring and fall Harley rallies centered on Murrells Inlet, and Atlantic Beach Bikefest over Memorial Day weekend.
Bike Week 2026 Suck Bang Blow a beginners guide to Bike Week with Retro Myrtle Beach Guy
Retro Myrtle Beach Guy
The Retro Myrtle Beach Guy's beginner-friendly guide to Myrtle Beach Bike Week, filmed at Suck Bang Blow in Murrells Inlet — 'Bike Week headquarters' — during the spring rally on Mother's Day weekend. The film explains how the rally works for first-timers, from the Omar Shrine Bronco raffle to the parade, and why Bike Week ranks among the biggest events of the Myrtle Beach year.
The Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and Promenade runs 1.2 miles of oceanfront from the 14th Avenue Pier to the 2nd Avenue Pier — the strand's front porch. Carmen and Brian, who walk it the way locals check the weather, supply most of this page's films.
Carmen and Brian's benchmark Boardwalk and Ocean Boulevard walking tour. Carmen sets the geography first: the Boardwalk runs just under two miles round trip end to end, and this film works the central stretch where the restaurants, entertainment and the SkyWheel concentrate, then closes with the practical part — where the parking actually is.
The Grand Strand invented a genre: the big variety dinner theater. This guide tells the industry's story first, then walks into each house.
The Story of Myrtle Beach’s Legendary Theaters | 40 Years of Entertainment
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The Visit Myrtle Beach documentary on the Grand Strand's legendary theaters, led by the Carolina Opry story: Calvin Gilmore explains how he built the show in a town with millions of visitors but no family nighttime entertainment, and cast members — some here 25 years — describe a production that mixes music, comedy and dance. The film also visits the Alabama Theatre cast and glances at the wider theater scene Gilmore's success inspired.
The catalog had exactly two on-angle dolphin films, so this guide was built mostly fresh — five new transcripts from the boats themselves, all sailing from Little River.
Little River, SC: Fishing Charters and Dolphin Tours with Hurricane Fleet | Myrtle Moments
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Visit Myrtle Beach interviews Captain Cameron Sebastian, owner-operator of the Hurricane Fleet and Coastal Scuba in Little River. He tells how the town began as a sleepy fishing village in the 1930s and grew into the Grand Strand's charter-fishing capital, and what a day on the water — deep-sea fishing, dolphin cruising or diving — looks like from the Little River docks.
This guide runs the Grand Strand's event calendar through the films that captured each date from inside the crowd.
The Beach Boys, Jelly Roll CCMF 10 Carolina Country Music Fest with Retro Myrtle Beach Guy 2025
Retro Myrtle Beach Guy
The Retro Myrtle Beach Guy finally gets inside Carolina Country Music Fest for its 10th edition, wristband borrowed and camera in hand. The film walks the downtown oceanfront grounds — Main Street USA, Myrtle Beach — through the crowds and the stages, and catches the Beach Boys' set on a weekend he calls a lifelong dream fulfilled.
Fishing on the Grand Strand comes in three forms — pier, charter boat and headboat — and this guide's films cover all of them, starting with the fastest orientation there is.
We Toured ALL 8 Myrtle Beach Piers in 3 Hours!
Beachin with the Boones
The grand tour: the Boones visit all eight Grand Strand fishing piers in under three hours, starting at Garden City and working the coast — Garden City, Surfside, Second Avenue, Pier 14, Springmaid, the State Park pier, Apache and Cherry Grove. Pier 14's segment puts the Boardwalk pier in its family of piers; the film is the fastest orientation to pier-hopping the Strand there is.
The romantic Grand Strand is a matter of timing — sunset, candlelight, the quiet south end. This guide's films are chosen on that basis.
Myrtle Beach SKYWHEEL Ride at Sunset / Night!
Carmen and Brian
The sunset-and-night edition of Carmen and Brian's SkyWheel rides — their first evening flight. The film catches the wheel's scale from directly underneath, the light change over the ocean as the sun drops, and the practical detail riders ask about, including the gondola weight limit they read at boarding (about 1,322 pounds).
This guide favors the Strand's unhurried, seated, story-rich side — gardens, history tours, theaters that families attend across three generations.
BROOKGREEN GARDENS Full Tour & NEW Conservatory in Murrells Inlet near MYRTLE BEACH, SC!
Carmen and Brian
The newest full tour of Brookgreen Gardens, built around the brand-new conservatory that opened this year. Carmen and Brian tour the conservatory first, then the sculpture gardens and the Lowcountry Zoo — the complete current state of the grounds in Murrells Inlet, just south of Myrtle Beach.
The girls-trip version of the Strand, assembled from the films groups actually make of it — playful competition, two big shopping districts, one costumed night out.
Tiger Woods - Pop Stroke in Myrtle Beach, SC! Revisited for an 18-Hole Golf Challenge Competition!
Beachin with the Boones
The Boones return to PopStroke Myrtle Beach to actually play, taking friends through a girls-versus-boys match on the blue course: app-based or paper scorecards, challenging contoured greens, and the all-day deal — at filming, $30 per person covered both courses, all day, with leave-and-return privileges. The girls won, 46 to 45.
Myrtle Beach calls itself the Golf Capital of the World, with 80-plus courses — but the site's catalog had almost no real-course film. This guide was built fresh to fix that: seven narrated course films from Play Golf Myrtle Beach, plus the casual tier.
Hole-by-Hole of a PGA TOUR Golf Course | The Dunes Club
Play Golf Myrtle Beach
A narrated hole-by-hole tour of the Dunes Golf and Beach Club, the 1948 Robert Trent Jones design that hosts the PGA TOUR's Myrtle Beach Classic. The film walks the course the way the pros will play it — where the fairway bunker on the 10th (about 315 yards out) will tempt driving irons and 3-woods, and how the oceanfront holes set up.
The Grand Strand's second season is its holiday calendar — and its centerpiece is one of the Southeast's most beloved Christmas events.
BROOKGREEN GARDENS – NIGHTS OF A THOUSAND CANDLES TOUR, MURRELLS INLET, 2023- Christmas light show
Beachin with the Boones
Beachin with the Boones' full walk of Nights of a Thousand Candles at the end of December 2023 — the gardens lit by more than 2,700 hand-lit candles and millions of sparkling lights. One of the Southeast's most beloved holiday events, filmed end to end. Loaded as watch content — the film carries no caption track.
Music on the Strand runs from a 40,000-person festival to a karaoke microphone on a fishing pier. This guide covers the range.
The Beach Boys, Jelly Roll CCMF 10 Carolina Country Music Fest with Retro Myrtle Beach Guy 2025
Retro Myrtle Beach Guy
The Retro Myrtle Beach Guy finally gets inside Carolina Country Music Fest for its 10th edition, wristband borrowed and camera in hand. The film walks the downtown oceanfront grounds — Main Street USA, Myrtle Beach — through the crowds and the stages, and catches the Beach Boys' set on a weekend he calls a lifelong dream fulfilled.
Mini golf is a serious sport on the Grand Strand — courses here are themed like movie sets and one is backed by Tiger Woods. This guide's films play the majors.
Captain Hook's Miniature Golf in Myrtle Beach, SC! Peter Pan Themed Putt Putt Course!
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian play Captain Hook's Adventure Golf on North Kings Highway, walking the Peter Pan-themed course hole by hole. The film climbs to the course's high points for its views toward the beach, lingers on the animatronic Peter Pan who talks nonstop, and shows the Neverland set pieces — the pirate ship, skull cave and crocodile — that make this one of the Strand's most theatrical putt-putt stops.
The Strand's history layer is deeper than its beach image suggests. This guide assembles it museum by museum.
Virtual Tour: Bishop Collections of Antique Maps + Historical Prints
Myrtle Beach Art Museum
Curator Liz Miller leads a virtual tour of the Bishop Collection of antique maps and prints: 30 works dated 1606 to 1863, donated to the museum in 1999 by Dorothy Jones Bishop in memory of her husband George. The tour explains how cartography evolved — compass, telescope and sextant sharpening Europe's picture of the New World map by map.
Myrtle Beach nightlife has a hometown genre — beach music and the shag — and a festival circuit that takes over whole towns. This guide starts where the locals' night starts.
Shag Dancing at Fat Harold’s in North Myrtle Beach | SOS NMB Nightlife with Retro Myrtle Beach Guy
Retro Myrtle Beach Guy
The Retro Myrtle Beach Guy goes shagging at Fat Harold's Beach Club in North Myrtle Beach during SOS, the shag dancers' gathering. The film tells the dance's origin story — created by lifeguards and waitresses on the Grand Strand in the 40s and 50s, now South Carolina's state dance — inside the club that keeps it alive, lunch-counter culture (the fried bologna sandwich) included.
The Pelicans — the Chicago Cubs' Single-A club — sell something bigger than baseball, and their president says so in this page's lead film: most people at a Pelicans game don't think of themselves as baseball fans, and that's the point. The front office jokes a game is a four-hour show interrupted by 18 segments of baseball.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans: Why a Pelicans Game Is More Than Baseball | Myrtle Moments
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Team president Ryan Moore makes the Pelicans' pitch in this Myrtle Moments interview, sitting in section 212: most people at a Pelicans game don't think of themselves as baseball fans, and that's the point — the front office jokes a game is a four-hour show interrupted by 18 segments of baseball. He talks Slider the bat dog, the roar he can hear from his office below the stands, the renovated ballpark's new things to see, and watching Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman start their careers on this field. His closing line is the franchise in one sentence: 'Our currency is paid in smiles.'
Every film on this page was chosen for the frame, not the itinerary — the spots where the Strand photographs best, shown at their best hours.
Myrtle Beach SKYWHEEL Ride at Sunset / Night!
Carmen and Brian
The sunset-and-night edition of Carmen and Brian's SkyWheel rides — their first evening flight. The film catches the wheel's scale from directly underneath, the light change over the ocean as the sun drops, and the practical detail riders ask about, including the gondola weight limit they read at boarding (about 1,322 pounds).
Eight fishing piers string the Grand Strand, and this guide starts with the film that visits all of them in a single run before giving the majors their own footage.
We Toured ALL 8 Myrtle Beach Piers in 3 Hours!
Beachin with the Boones
The grand tour: the Boones visit all eight Grand Strand fishing piers in under three hours, starting at Garden City and working the coast — Garden City, Surfside, Second Avenue, Pier 14, Springmaid, the State Park pier, Apache and Cherry Grove. Pier 14's segment puts the Boardwalk pier in its family of piers; the film is the fastest orientation to pier-hopping the Strand there is.
The Myrtle Beach Pinball Museum, near the Convention Center, is a museum you play: rows of machines from across pinball's decades, every one set to play, run as a 100% volunteer nonprofit.
Myrtle Beach Pinball Museum with Retro Myrtle Beach Guy
Retro Myrtle Beach Guy
The Retro Myrtle Beach Guy opens his Pinball Museum film with the local lore: pinball was once treated as a vice in Myrtle Beach — the old law famously barred players under 13. Then he plays the museum's rows of machines, from the classics onward, in the playable collection near the Convention Center.
Rain happens at the beach. The Strand's indoor bench is deep — and this guide's anchor film was literally titled for the situation.
10 Cool Things to Do in Myrtle Beach to Beat the Summer Heat (Family-Friendly Fun!)
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MyrtleBeach.com's heat-survival guide: ten ways to chill out at the height of a Myrtle Beach summer. It starts indoors with the arcade scene — Boardwalk arcades, Dave & Buster's, the California Pizza Game Zone — and ends with the locals' favorite trick, the cooler evening beach with a blanket and the breeze.
Myrtle Beach Safari — the T.I.G.E.R.S. preserve, The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species — is a guided-tour-only operation: visitors walk 50 acres with the team who live on site among more than 100 animal ambassadors. A necessary honesty note that the lead film states itself: Safari footage is hosted media footage, filmed on hosted visits — encounters this close are the product being sold, and the page presents the preserve in its own terms.
Shopping on the Grand Strand has four geographies — the urban village, the two entertainment complexes, and the beloved independents. This guide tours all of them.
The Market Common in Myrtle Beach, SC! Where’s is it? Location, Parking, Walking and Driving Tour.
Beachin with the Boones
Beachin' with the Boones give their fullest tour of the Market Common district: how to find it at the south end of Myrtle Beach by the airport, the free parking garage behind Nacho Hippo, and a walk down the main streets past the boutiques, restaurants, fountains and photo ops — plus the residential streets of porches and pastel houses that make the district feel like its own small town.
Solo travel on the Strand works best where the place itself keeps you company — museums, parks, small towns. This guide's films are all one-person-friendly days.
Art Museum Villa FINAL
Myrtle Beach Art Museum
The Art Museum's own film tells two stories: the museum that opened in 1997 with ever-changing exhibitions, and the villa that houses it — built in 1924 by Eugene Thomas Cannon of Cannon Mills and his wife Emma, a century-old house with a history of family survival and reinvention. The film closes with the Villa Club campaign to carry the building into its next hundred years.
Spring break in Myrtle Beach is a shoulder-season product, not a Florida-style siege — and this guide's films were largely shot fresh to show it as it actually runs.
What's Myrtle Beach REALLY Like in April? Spring Break Crowds? Weather? Events?
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian report what Myrtle Beach is really like in April: spring break crowds, the weather, and the water at its bluest. The definitive shoulder-season briefing for anyone weighing a spring break trip — how busy it actually gets, and what the beach looks like when you go.
Myrtle Beach State Park is South Carolina's first state park (1936) — 312 acres of oceanfront maritime forest that its manager calls, in this page's lead interview, the only publicly accessible green space on the beach in Horry County: a quiet, tree-covered counterpoint to the high-energy Grand Strand around it, balancing heavy visitor use against preserving the forest.
Myrtle Beach State Park: South Carolina's First State Park | Myrtle Moments
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
An interview with Troy Crider, park manager of Myrtle Beach State Park, on what makes this 312-acre oceanfront forest unique: South Carolina's first state park (1936) is the only publicly accessible green space on the beach in Horry County — a quiet, tree-covered counterpoint to the high-energy Grand Strand around it — and how the park balances heavy visitor use with preserving the maritime forest for the future.
Two state parks guard the Grand Strand's wildest coastline — one at each end of the strip — and between them they hold the coast's best alligator viewing, its quietest beaches and a Moorish castle.
Outdoor Things to Do in Myrtle Beach: Gardens, State Parks & Wild Places | Myrtle Moments Ep 4
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
A Visit Myrtle Beach 'Myrtle Moments' documentary on the wild side of the Grand Strand: five places most visitors drive straight past — Brookgreen Gardens' 9,000 acres of sculpture, zoo and botanical gardens, both oceanfront state parks, and the longleaf pine and salt-marsh preserves inland — told through the rangers and conservationists who protect them.
The Strand's water sports split by water: ocean flights and rides out front, calmer rental days on the Intracoastal behind. This guide's films — several pulled fresh — cover both.
PARASAILING IN MYRTLE BEACH – WATCH THIS IF YOU’VE NEVER DONE IT!
Beachin with the Boones
The Boones go parasailing in Myrtle Beach and film it as a first-timer's guide: the nervous riders in the front seat, the crew, the boat ride out and the flight itself. The channel's most-watched watersports film answers its own title — watch this if you've never done it. (Native pull returned the Arabic auto-translated track; recovered to the genuine English transcript on the one allowed re-fetch.)
One waterpark anchors the Strand's present; another anchors its past. This guide covers both — the second strictly as history.
Myrtle Waves Water Park in Myrtle Beach! Full Tour of South Carolina's Largest Water Park!
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Carmen and Brian's full tour of Myrtle Waves — South Carolina's largest water park — with over 20 slides, a brand-new slide opening right around filming, and the big wave pool with its shaded umbrella areas. Their leaving note is the practical one: the cabanas were sold out. Book shade early.
Minutes from the resort strip, the Grand Strand turns genuinely wild. This guide assembles the nature films — a big-cat preserve, two alligator parks, and the documentary that maps them all.
Jay Prehistoric Pets Visits Myrtle Beach Safari!
Myrtle Beach Safari
Reptile YouTuber Jay Brewer (Jay Prehistoric Pets) brings his daughters for a full day at Myrtle Beach Safari, and the preserve's own film of the visit is the most complete look at the experience: a welcome from the T.I.G.E.R.S. team — The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species — who live on site with more than 100 animal ambassadors, then encounter after encounter. Like all Safari footage, this is a hosted media visit: guests on the Wild Encounters Tour don't film — the preserve's photographers document it, and the flood of photos is part of what Jay raves about.
Myrtle Beach built its name on family vacations, and this guide assembles the films that test the family product hardest — verdict tours, top-10s and one unscripted reaction from a parking lot.
Best Things to do in Myrtle Beach! Family-Friendly Fun for ALL AGES!
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian's family edition: the best things to do in Myrtle Beach with kids, built for the days you want off the sand. The film works through family-friendly activities for all ages and closes with money-savers the locals use — attraction coupons worth a dollar or two off and Groupon listings for several of the stops.
Myrtle Waves is South Carolina's largest water park — 20-plus slides a couple of miles back from the ocean off Route 17, open May to Labor Day. Its film record is four videos deep; this page is all of it, and it covers the park well.
Myrtle Waves Water Park in Myrtle Beach! Full Tour of South Carolina's Largest Water Park!
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian's full tour of Myrtle Waves — South Carolina's largest water park — with over 20 slides, a brand-new slide opening right around filming, and the big wave pool with its shaded umbrella areas. Their leaving note is the practical one: the cabanas were sold out. Book shade early.
North Myrtle Beach is its own city with its own tempo — quieter than its southern neighbor, centered on Main Street and Ocean Drive, and famous far beyond the Strand as the birthplace of the Carolina Shag.
North Myrtle Beach Main Street Walking Tour in the Summer!
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Carmen and Brian walk North Myrtle Beach's Main Street in summer — the full length of the strip from Ocean Drive's beach clubs to the shops and murals, including Duck's, the nightlife landmark of the beach-music scene. The definitive on-foot orientation to the street where the shag was born.
The Original Benjamin's bills itself as the world's largest Calabash seafood buffet, and the films on this page are largely an exercise in checking the scale claims. They hold up: more than 170 items by the fullest count, seating for up to 1,000 guests across 10 themed dining rooms, and — staff tell Vacation Education — about 2,000 pounds of crab legs served a day, roughly half a million pounds a year.
Pawleys Island, thirty minutes south of Myrtle Beach, is the Hammock Coast's flagship — a narrow island of old beach houses and live oaks that has received summer visitors since the 1700s and wears its famous self-description proudly: 'arrogantly shabby.'
Pawleys Island Tour | Things to do near Myrtle Beach
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Carmen and Brian's Pawleys Island tour: a beach access with its waterway and marsh views, sandpipers working the marsh edge, then a drive into the historic district — the island of old beach houses and live oaks that has been a resort since the 1700s. The gentle introduction to the Hammock Coast's flagship island.
Pier 14 is the Boardwalk's own pier, at 14th Avenue North — and in practice it is a restaurant with a fishing pier attached. The films on this page treat it exactly that way: the deck table over the water is the main event.
Watch: Pier 14 Myrtle Beach, guided
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Pier 14 in Myrtle Beach AND Beach Renourishment Closure UPDATE- Best Views for Lunch
Beachin with the Boones
Lunch on Pier 14, filmed in June 2026: the Boones eat at the restaurant at the end of the boardwalk pier, browse the gift shop, and take a beer out on the deck to watch the sailboats — while covering the beach-renourishment work then closing stretches of sand nearby. The pier as locals use it: a restaurant with the best seat on the Boardwalk.
An honest note first: Pirates Voyage guards its show — filming inside is restricted — so the long-form record is thin, and this page's five films are what genuinely exists. What they document is the format that has filled this theater since the pirates docked in 2011.
Pirates Voyage Dinner Show Myrtle Beach, SC a must see!!
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The only full-length Pirates Voyage show film in this set: a family's August 2015 vacation video that captures the dinner show end to end — the rival crews, the diving and acrobatics over the indoor lagoon, the fire work, and Salty the sea lion's act. It predates the current production, so treat it as the show's enduring shape rather than this season's script — the spectacle format it documents is the one the venue still runs.
PopStroke Myrtle Beach opened in March 2024 in the Key West section of Broadway at the Beach — Tiger Woods' putting concept at full scale: two 18-hole courses built like real golf holes, bunkers and complex greens included, one of them ADA-accessible. Five films cover its first seasons.
PopStroke Myrtle Beach: Mini Golf Reimagined at Broadway at the Beach | Myrtle Moments
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
A Visit Myrtle Beach feature inside PopStroke Myrtle Beach at Broadway at the Beach, with marketing coordinator Chad: the Tiger Woods-backed venue reimagines mini golf with two 18-hole courses built like real golf holes — bunkers, complex greens — one of them ADA-accessible, plus a 24-flavor ice cream parlor, a beer garden with cornhole and ping pong, a playground, and all-day passes that let families leave and return.
Ripley's Aquarium anchors Broadway at the Beach's attraction row, and it has been there long enough — 20-plus years — that this page can show you its evolution: three full tours filmed across four years.
Is Ripley's Aquarium Myrtle Beach Worth It? Full Tour!
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Carmen and Brian's 2025 verdict tour: is Ripley's Aquarium worth it? They walk the whole aquarium at Broadway at the Beach — every exhibit zone — and talk through pricing, the exhibits and the special upcharge experiences on top of admission, so the film works as both a tour and a buying guide.
Ripley's in Myrtle Beach is not one attraction but a cluster of them packed onto Ocean Boulevard by the Boardwalk — and this page's films walk the whole row. The anchor is the Believe It or Not! Odditorium, the museum of oddities that has anchored this block for decades.
Ripley's Believe It or Not Odditorium in Myrtle Beach on Ocean Boulevard - Full Tour!
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Carmen and Brian's full walk-through of the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium on Ocean Boulevard, next to the Boardwalk. They tour the whole museum of oddities room by room, stop at the interactive pieces visitors can try themselves, and place it among the cluster of Ripley's attractions on this stretch of the boulevard.
Sea Captain's House began as a beach house and opened as a restaurant in 1962. Six decades later it sits at 3002 North Ocean Boulevard between 30th and 31st Avenue North, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner directly on the Atlantic — and it is the closest thing Myrtle Beach has to a dining institution.
Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Dining at Sea Captain's House! Is it the BEST oceanfront restaurant?
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Carmen and Brian lunch at Sea Captain's House, the oceanfront restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner on North Ocean Boulevard. The 2024 review tours the dining rooms and both bars — inside and out — works through the seafood menu, and lands on the verdict its regulars already know: they recommend it, and the view cannot be beaten.
The SkyWheel is the Boardwalk's landmark — 200 feet above sea level at 1110 North Ocean Boulevard, 42 climate-controlled, fully enclosed gondolas turning over the Atlantic. This page's eight films are the ride from every angle and hour.
Myrtle Beach SKYWHEEL! Full Ride!
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Carmen and Brian's full SkyWheel ride, start to finish — they even time it: about 10 minutes 25 seconds for the full flight. From the gondola they read the coastline in both directions, note the haze that hangs over the water even on a low-humidity day, and show exactly what a daytime rotation looks like from inside the glass.
Surfside Beach calls itself 'the family beach,' and the films on this page back the branding with specifics — including one distinction the town is proudest of: certified autism-friendly since 2016, among the first destinations in the country to earn it.
Surfside Beach Pier NOW OPEN! Full Tour & Details About Shops and Restaurants!
Carmen and Brian
The Surfside Beach Pier is open again: Carmen and Brian's full tour of the rebuilt concrete pier in March 2024, days into its new life — the shops, the restaurants, the fishing deck and the views, with the detail that it is free to walk. The pier the town waited years for, documented at its debut; the hosts also point out Garden City Pier, two and a half miles south, as the sister pier.
The Carolina Opry is where Myrtle Beach's theater industry began. The Visit Myrtle Beach documentary leads this page: Calvin Gilmore explains how he built the show in a town with millions of visitors but no family nighttime entertainment — and cast members, some here 25 years, describe a production that mixes music, comedy and dance. The theater's own history film adds the route: running since 1986, starting in the original building in Surfside Beach before moving to the Calvin Gilmore Theater on North Kings Highway — and becoming a family tradition, parents who were brought as kids now bringing their own.
The Market Common is the Grand Strand's urban village: 144 acres on Deville Street at the south end of Myrtle Beach — built on the former air base, less than two miles from the ocean — where boutiques and big-name retail, restaurants from Chinese to prime steak, a movie theater, bowling, billiards and an escape room sit under residences from studios to two-bedroom suites. The Boones, who film it the way other people check in on a neighborhood, supply this page.
Topgolf Myrtle Beach sits across from Broadway at the Beach, and this page's two films — the complete verified record of this location, with other cities' Topgolf film deliberately excluded — cover a full visit between them.
Watch: Topgolf Myrtle Beach, guided
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TOP GOLF MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Full Walk & Play Tour [What To Do & Where To Go In Myrtle Beach For FUN]
Beachin with the Boones
Beachin' with the Boones play Topgolf Myrtle Beach, across from Broadway at the Beach: checking in (a lifetime membership works at Topgolfs everywhere), how the ball dispenser and target scoring work, the provided club sets from driver to wedge with left-handed sets on request, and a full read of the food and drink menus — flatbreads, wings, buckets of beer and breakfast — during a family birthday visit.
Warbird Park, off Farrow Parkway by Market Common, keeps the memory of Myrtle Beach Air Force Base on the ground where it stood. The Air Force was part of this town from 1954 until the base closed in March 1993; the park's aircraft and memorials are how the site speaks now. Admission is free.
Warbird Park in Myrtle Beach Full Tour & NEW Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Dedication on Memorial Day!
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The Dean Team gives the full tour of Warbird Park on Memorial Day, the day the park's new Vietnam War Memorial was dedicated. The film walks the aircraft and memorials at Market Common, takes in the dedication ceremony with the Carolina Youth Chorale singing, and explains the park's place on the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base.
Wheels of Yesteryear is a vintage muscle-car museum built from one husband-and-wife team's private collection — rows of Mopars and American muscle, hot rods, and a feature no other museum on the Strand can copy: 'Survivor' tags marking cars that have never been restored.
WHEELS OF YESTERYEAR Myrtle Beach MUSCLE CAR MUSEUM
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Jordan the Lion tours Wheels of Yesteryear, the vintage muscle-car museum built from a husband-and-wife's private collection. The film walks rows of Mopars and muscle cars, explains the 'Survivor' tags marking cars that have never been restored, and judges the collection a must-see for car people visiting Myrtle Beach.
The supply note comes first, because it's short: WonderWorks' long-form film record is three videos, and this page is all three. The good news is they answer the only question anyone asks — what is inside that giant upside-down building at Broadway at the Beach?
Watch: WonderWorks Myrtle Beach, guided
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What's Inside WonderWorks Myrtle Beach at Broadway at the Beach? Family & Kid Friendly Attraction!
Carmen and Brian
Carmen and Brian answer their own question — what is inside that giant upside-down building at Broadway at the Beach? They've brought their nephews before; this time they film it: floor after floor of hands-on exhibits, too much to show in one video by their own admission. Prices are shown as filmed, with their own instruction to double-check the website before you come.
South Carolina takes BBQ seriously, and Myrtle Beach carries that tradition. The coast here has split styles: mustard-based sauce dominates in the Midlands, vinegar-pepper sauce shows up from the Pee Dee region. The real signature is whole hog smoking—pork shoulder, ribs, pulled pork done with regional respect. No shortcuts.
Best Overall
Little Pigs Barbecue — Myrtle Beach area, $. Small operation, real pit work. Whole hog pulled pork is the main event, but ribs and brisket are solid. Sauce is house-made, vinegar-based, not overly sweet. Lines form early, which tells you what locals know. Service is quick, portions are real.
Hilton Head Island offers a refined beach experience where pristine shorelines blend with upscale amenities and strong environmental stewardship. The island’s 12-mile beach is accessible via multiple public entry points, each with distinct character. Tidal marshes, maritime forests, and wildlife preservation distinguish Hilton Head from other Atlantic Coast destinations.
Best for Families
Coligny Beach Park, Hilton Head’s most accessible public beach, is the family hub. Free parking is available (though it fills on summer weekends), along with lifeguards, restroom facilities, showers, and a nearby commercial district offering ice cream, rentals, and restaurants. The beach is wide and well-maintained, with calm waters ideal for young swimmers. The park includes playground equipment, picnic tables, and boardwalks. Beach chair and umbrella rentals are available from multiple vendors. Coligny’s central location makes it convenient for resort guests and day-trippers alike.
Best Breakfast & Brunch in Hilton Head, South Carolina
Hilton Head’s breakfast scene reflects the island’s resort culture—polished, upscale-leaning, and committed to good ingredients. From beachfront bagel shops to five-star resort brunches, this Lowcountry destination takes the morning meal seriously. Expect fresh seafood, Gullah-Geechee influences, and plenty of options within a short drive.
Best Overall
Signe’s Heaven Bound Bakery & Cafe — Palmetto Bay, $$. The island’s best-kept secret. House-made Danish pastries, croissants, cinnamon rolls, and strong coffee. Arrive early—they sell out daily.
Hilton Head is a planned resort island, but just offshore and a short drive away is the authentic Lowcountry. Spanish moss-draped oaks, saltwater marshes, and towns with genuine character define the region. Savannah, Georgia—one of America’s most beautiful cities—is just 35 miles away.
Savannah, Georgia — 35 Miles / 50 Minutes
One of America’s most beautiful cities. 22 historic squares connected by oak-lined streets. Riverfront district, historic homes, Spanish moss, and exceptional restaurants and bars.
Hilton Head Island offers exceptional outdoor adventures and nature experiences. From kayaking through pristine marshes to hiking coastal trails, the island combines natural beauty with accessible outdoor recreation.
Kayaking and Paddle Sports
Kayaking through Calibogue Sound is Hilton Head’s premier water adventure. These scenic waterways wind through salt marshes, revealing dolphins, herons, osprey, and other coastal wildlife. Local outfitters provide rentals and guided tours accommodating all skill levels.
Multi-day kayaking expeditions explore remote areas unreachable by car. Paddle through Backcountry areas, overnight on islands, and experience pristine coastal ecosystems. These adventures appeal to experienced paddlers seeking immersion in nature.
Hilton Head Island is a premier bachelor party destination, combining championship golf, water sports, fine dining, and upscale entertainment. Whether your group is athletic, adventurous, or simply ready to celebrate, Hilton Head delivers the perfect getaway.
Championship Golf
Hilton Head is golf paradise with some of America’s finest courses. Harbour Town Golf Links is the crown jewel—Pete Dye’s masterpiece features dramatic water hazards, island greens, and coastal views. Playing here is a bucket-list experience for golfers.
Hilton Head Island offers the perfect blend of relaxation and celebration for a bachelorette party. With beautiful beaches, world-class dining, upscale accommodations, and activities ranging from adventure to pure pampering, your group can create memories that last a lifetime.
Beach Day Planning
Start your celebration with a private beach experience. Rent cabanas or beach pavilions at Driessen Beach Park or Coligny Beach Park where your group can set up base camp. Bring champagne, snacks, and lawn games—cornhole and giant Jenga are bachelorette party staples.
Hilton Head is quietly romantic: 12 miles of beach, live oaks draped in Spanish moss, island pace that encourages slowness. It’s polished without being pretentious, and the pace suits couples.
Romantic Dining
Harbour Town Grill — Upscale American overlooking Calibogue Sound with the famous Hilton Head lighthouse in the distance. Sunset views from the dining room, and you don’t need a boat to get there. The Cassina Grill at the Montage — farm-to-table with ocean views and an excellent wine list. Poseidon’s at The Sonesta — Greek seafood, intimate space, quality over flash. Truffles Taverna — Italian in Old Town Bluffton (15 minutes away), quiet, candlelit, the kind of place locals actually choose. Hudson’s on the Docks in Hilton Head Harbor Town — seafood, dock views, less formal than Harbour Town Grill but still good.
Hilton Head Island is one of the most romantic destinations on the Southeast coast, offering pristine beaches, world-class dining, and charming low-key elegance. Whether you’re celebrating an anniversary or planning a romantic escape, Hilton Head delivers unforgettable moments for two.
Beaches and Sunset Experiences
Hilton Head’s 12 miles of sandy beaches provide the perfect backdrop for romance. Driessen Beach Park offers a quieter atmosphere ideal for couples, with access to soft sand and calm waters. For the ultimate sunset experience, head to Calibogue Sound at the southern tip of the island—watching the sun dip below the water with your partner is pure magic.
Hilton Head Island is ideal for seniors seeking a relaxed, sophisticated getaway with accessible activities and world-class amenities. The island’s temperate climate, excellent healthcare facilities, and abundance of leisure options make it perfect for visitors over 60.
Beach and Coastal Experiences
Hilton Head’s 12 miles of pristine beaches offer gentle Atlantic waters and soft sand perfect for leisurely walks. Coligny Beach Park features accessible parking, restrooms, showers, and visitor facilities accommodating mobility needs.
Hilton Head Island is the ultimate girls trip destination, combining relaxation, adventure, outstanding dining, shopping, and spa experiences. Whether your group seeks wellness rejuvenation, adventure activities, or pure indulgence, Hilton Head delivers unforgettable memories.
Spa and Wellness Experiences
Group spa days are a girls trip essential. Many Hilton Head spas accommodate groups with coordinated appointments and group packages. Combine manicures, pedicures, facials, and massages with champagne service for ultimate indulgence.
Hilton Head Island offers premier kayaking opportunities through marshlands, tidal creeks, and maritime forests. The combination of protected waterways, abundant marine life, and accessible infrastructure makes this ideal for beginners and experienced paddlers alike.
Guided Eco-Tours
Multiple outfitters operate guided kayak tours focused on natural history and wildlife viewing. Tours typically run 2-3 hours and accommodate 6-12 participants. Guides provide interpretation of salt marsh ecology, identify birds and aquatic life, and explain tidal dynamics. Tours include kayak, paddle, life jacket, and instruction. Check current rates and tour schedules with individual operators.
Hilton Head is an upscale resort island with a relaxed, family-friendly nightlife. The scene emphasizes dinner, sunset cocktails, and live music over club energy. Venues cluster around Harbour Town, Coligny Plaza, and resort properties. The vibe is sophisticated-casual with golf, tennis, and leisure culture influencing the pace. Winter brings retirees and slower pace; summer is busier with families and tourists.
Best Live Music & Entertainment
Jazz Corner (Hilton Head Plaza) Premier jazz and blues venue booking world-class musicians and touring acts nightly. Two-drink minimum; cover charges $15-30 depending on act. The room is intimate with excellent acoustics and sightlines. Seating at tables and bar. Shows run 7:30 PM and 10 PM most nights. This is Hilton Head’s signature evening experience for music lovers. Reserve ahead; popular acts sell out.
Hilton Head Island is an excellent solo travel destination, offering safety, accessibility, and activities perfect for independent travelers. The island’s relaxed atmosphere, walkable areas, and abundance of activities make it ideal for visitors traveling alone.
Safety and Logistics
Hilton Head is a safe, well-developed destination for solo travelers. The island has good infrastructure, reliable transportation, and a strong tourist economy accommodating individual visitors.
Transportation is straightforward—drive or fly into nearby Savannah (45 minutes away) or fly into Jacksonville, Florida (90 minutes away). Once on the island, renting a car provides freedom, though many areas are walkable or accessible by ride-share.
Hilton Head is a planned island community with pristine beaches, world-class golf, and nature-focused attractions that make it ideal for families seeking a relaxed, outdoors-oriented vacation. The island’s family-friendly infrastructure and abundance of biking trails mean kids stay entertained without constant driving or structured attractions.
Top Family Attractions
Hilton Head Beaches are the primary draw — wide, well-maintained, and backed by quality resorts and restaurants. The island has multiple beach access points; the busy public beaches fill early, but quieter spots exist throughout. Water temperatures range from cool (May, October) to warm (July-August).
Myrtle Beach’s boardwalk is a commercial gauntlet: putt-putt golf, arcade games, and chain restaurants designed to extract vacation dollars as efficiently as possible. The entire 60-mile Grand Strand has become a resort sprawl where the actual coastal landscape is buried under development. Real Lowcountry culture survives in the neighborhoods where fishing families still live, in the marshlands where native ecology persists, and in the towns north and south of the main tourist corridor that haven’t yet been fully commercialized.
Hilton Head offers a unique combination: beautiful beaches with designated dog-friendly hours, bike-friendly trails throughout the island, and a relaxed coastal vibe. The structured schedule for beach access means planning, but the rewards are worth it.
Dog Parks & Off-Leash Areas
Chaplin Park — Hilton Head’s main dog park. Off-leash areas for large and small dogs. Open sunrise to sunset. Well-maintained with shade and water stations. Popular morning and evening gathering spot.
Hilton Head is known as an upscale resort island, but the beaches are free, the bike trails are extensive, and the natural beauty of the Lowcountry is available to everyone.
Beaches (Free)
All Hilton Head beaches are public. Access points are available at Coligny Beach Park, Driessen Beach Park, Folly Field Beach Park, and Islanders Beach Park.
Coligny Beach Park — The main public beach with parking, showers, restrooms, a playground, and seasonal lifeguards. Wide sand, calm water, and the most accessible beach on the island.
Hilton Head Island is the Lowcountry’s premier resort destination — a barrier island where live oaks draped in Spanish moss meet world-class golf courses and pristine Atlantic beaches. Timeshare promotional deals on Hilton Head offer access to gated plantation community resorts for qualified visitors at a fraction of the retail rate.
Here’s how it works, what it costs, and how to decide if it’s right for your next Hilton Head Island trip.
Myrtle Beach is one of the most popular timeshare promotional destinations on the East Coast. With over 80 golf courses, 60 miles of sandy beaches, and a massive entertainment district, the Grand Strand area has a deep inventory of vacation ownership properties offering promotional deals to qualified visitors.
Here’s how it works, what it costs, and how to decide if it’s right for your next Myrtle Beach trip.
Hilton Head is the upscale alternative to Myrtle Beach — 12 miles of Atlantic beach, 24 championship golf courses, and a deliberate low-key vibe. No high-rises, no neon signs. Buildings are required to blend with the natural landscape, and the island’s canopy of live oaks draped with Spanish moss sets the tone.
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Hilton Head has 12 miles of wide, hard-packed Atlantic beach. The sand is firm enough for biking. Public beach access at Coligny Beach Park (the most popular), Driessen Beach Park, and Islanders Beach Park.
Myrtle Beach runs for 60 miles along the South Carolina coast — what locals call the Grand Strand. It’s one of the most popular beach vacation destinations on the East Coast, drawing 20+ million visitors a year.
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Your Myrtle Beach Trip
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Quick Facts: Myrtle Beach is on South Carolina’s Grand Strand, about 2 hours northeast of Charleston. Best time to visit: April–June and September–October for warm water and fewer crowds.
