Mark McKinney "Lowcountry Travels" WCIV-TV / Videos

Crab Bank

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

Right off shore of Shem Creek in Mt. Pleasant, SC is a small island called "Crab Bank" where sea gulls terns and other birds nest and care for their young. We get a look at the small…

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Mepkin Health

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

A behind-the-scenes look at what it takes in the kitchen to make 20 monks lunch. Brother Boniface even shows us his bread loaves. FROM THE MEPKIN ABBEY WEBSITE: Food is being prepared and…

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City of The Silent

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

Magnolia Cemetery Charleston, SC "Planters, politicians, military leaders, bootleggers, whorehouse madams - you name it, anybody from the last 150 years of Charleston's history is out…

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Fort Sumter

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

Get right in the middle of Ft. Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War rang out. Mark gets a private tour behind the walls of this Charleston, SC landmark. Researched, written & hosted…

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Leech Museum!!!

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

Yes, it's true! LEECH FUN FACTS: Leeches do not feed often. That is because they take in a lot when they do feed. Four or five large leeches can drain the life from a rabbit in a half an hour. Researched,…

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Oscar The Dummy

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

Charleston Battery, SC... Helicopter swoops in saving Oscar! We join the Coast Guard on a boating trip into the Charleston Harbor as they rescue "Oscar the Dummy" from the waters. Researched,…

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WWII Submarine

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

In this story, Mark climbs inside the cramped quarters of The Clamagore submarine to see what life was really like underwater in WWII. The Clamagore was commissioned in 1945 and decommissioned in…

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Baby Mini-Horses!

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

We ventured out to Magnolia Plantation in West Ashely, SC to meet Kimmy & Encore. These two miniature horses are about 10 days old and came as a complete surprise to the staff at Magnolia. Researched,…

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Ice Cream & Coffee

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

Ice Cream & Coffee Beans...Wholly Cow! In 1985 Rob and Laurie Kramer set out with the delicious ambition to create the finest ice creams and frozen confections the Carolina Lowcountry had ever…

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Blacksmithing

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

Jimmy Suggs is one of the best blacksmiths in the Lowcountry. Watch as he bends hot iron to create pieces of art. Researched, written & hosted by Mark McKinney

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Angel Oak

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

Believed to be in excess of 1500 years old, its massive, draping limbs and wide spreading canopy present the aura of an angel. It's HUGE...17,000 sq. Feet! Research, writing & hosted by…

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Drunk Goggles

from Sunhead Projects / Added 17 years ago

Lowcountry High School students get a hit of reality when they wear these special goggles that simulate being drunk...then they try to drive! Researched written & edited by Mark McKinney

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