>>1576767Congaree is insanely, screamingly underrated. It is absolutely bonkers that so many people who live under an hour away from it have no idea what it is or that it even exists.
Watching the fireflies synchronize there seems to be the biggest crowd draw, and even then it's a small turnout for how strange and magical that is. I'm not all that sentimental, but it makes my heart ache to know that so much of the United States used to be forested like that. It's primordial and enchanting.
This is an NPS picture. Imagine all of those lights twinkling on and off at the exact same time. Every time they come back on, they're all in a slightly different place, floating between enormous 130 foot tall trees.
