Greenville’s Waterfalls, Dinosaurs, and Mini-Golf Await Your Existential Crisis
KEY POINTS
- •A local who’s lived outside Greenville for 11 years raves about its recognition as a top Southern city in 2025.
- •Visitors enjoy scenic spots like Falls Park, Runway Park, the Dinosaur Adventure Trail, and multiple street festivals year-round.
- •The city’s emerging food scene is highlighted by culinary tours and must-visit local spots like The Lazy Goat and Windy City Burgers.
Greenville, South Carolina, a city that casually snagged 'South's Best Cities in 2025' by Southern Living and landed in Travel + Leisure's Readers' top 15, offers a buffet of oddly specific tourist choices. You can gawp at the 100-foot Rainbow Falls after 45 minutes of driving or embrace your inner toddler biking around Runway Park’s paved runway trail while planes fly ominously close. Keen on culture? It's festival season with Artisphere’s ceramic wonderland and Fall for Greenville’s food fiesta featuring restaurant Soby's—the gateway to casual gourmet fanhood. Don't miss chilling with a robotic T. rex that ruins personal space or savoring the Lazy Goat's whole branzino after a culinary tour that somehow lands you deeper in Greenville’s historical underbelly. Tie it all off with a sunrise at Pretty Place chapel, because if you survive dinner, dinosaurs, and direct airplane altitude, maybe you deserve a view.
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Only in Greenville can you hike to a waterfall, dodge a fake T. rex, eat entire fish, and score a mini golf beacon without leaving town. We’re all adults here, except those dinosaurs and that kids’ runway ride. Civilization peak, apparently.
If your life goals include getting photobombed by a moving T. rex while waiting for a mini golf beacon, Greenville’s your Mecca.
Some cities have sights; Greenville has a literal lineup of snack stops, dinosaur scares, and near-miss plane encounters.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/28/2026 | Author: Kristina Hernandez
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