Everyone seems to be in love with Charleston these days, and in recent years the city has been awash in awards and accolades. It has been named the Number One US City by readers polls of both of the nation’s two highest profile travel magazines: for three years in a row by Conde Nast Traveler and two straight by Travel + Leisure, which ranked it second on earth only to Kyoto.

So the only question is what exactly makes Charleston so good?

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