Think Myrtle Beach is tacky? Just for golfers? Think again.
Built in 2011, the SkyWheel, just off the sand in downtown Myrtle Beach, has become a city landmark. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
Myrtle Beach Pelicans fans flock to TicketReturn.com Field to watch the team, a Class-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, play ball. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
For many visitors, downtown -- with its beach, hotels, restaurants, shops and SkyWheel -- is Myrtle Beach. And they aren’t wrong. But there’s so much more. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
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A great egret, one of hundreds of bird species found here, wades the marsh in search of a meal in Huntington Beach State Park. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
The boardwalk lures the hungry, the thirsty, souvenir-hunters and thrill-seekers to downtown Myrtle Beach. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
An alligator snacks on a large but overmatched horseshoe crab in the marsh area of Huntington Beach State Park, south of Murrells Inlet. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
