Charleston is another Southern charmer with no shortage of eye-catching thoroughfares. East Bay Street stands out in this line-up of beauties, largely thanks to the stretch of boldly-coloured façades that earned it the nickname "Rainbow Row". The 18th and 19th-century homes were given a makeover by local judge Lionel Legge and his wife Dorothy Porcher Legge in the 1930s. They purchased the row and painted them in gorgeous shades of spearmint, lilac and sugared-almond pink.

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