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This Columbia attraction was voted best in the state. Here's who it beat

The votes are in, and Columbia's Riverbanks Zoo & Garden was voted 2018's best attraction in South Carolina as part of USA TODAY's 10Best awards.

A panel of South Carolina travel writers and photographers nominated the zoo for the award, and readers voted it in to the No. 1 spot.

Riverbanks Zoo wasn't the only Columbia attraction to make the cut; the South Carolina State Museum came in at No. 6.

Here's the full list of 2018 winners:

  1. Riverbanks Zoo & Garden — Columbia
  2. Greenville County Museum of Art — Greenville
  3. Middleton Place — Charleston
  4. Brookgreen Gardens — Murrells Inlet
  5. Falls Park on the Reedy — Greenville
  6. South Carolina State Museum — Columbia
  7. Fort Sumter National Monument — Charleston
  8. USS Yorktown — Mount Pleasant
  9. BMW Performance Driving School — Greer
  10. Myrtle Beach Boardwalk & SkyWheel — Myrtle Beach

This story was originally published April 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM with the headline "This Columbia attraction was voted best in the state. Here's who it beat."

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