Our Store

A visitor's guide to the Friendly Midway, Columbia, SC, an area Where Friendliness Flows

Our Store

We offer an exclusive line of gift items such as candles, glass art objects, religious tapes and books, etc. Please continue to any of these categories:

Candles and Scents (Pillars, Floaters, etc.)
Religious Books
Religious Books on Tape
Hand-blown Glass Vases, Bowls and Globes
Great Controversy Project for Churches

The COOLumbia.net store is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to offer you the finest collection of products. And, unlike most other internet stores, we offer FREE SHIPPING! The price you see listed here is the price you pay! There are never any additional shipping or handling charges. If you live in the Columbia, South Carolina area, our merchandise can be viewed and purchased in local shops. Click on "Shops and Services" to find their locations.

Currently, we offer hand-made glass objects of art, specifically solid glass globes and blown glass bowls and vases. These are one-of-a-kind items proudly made in South Carolina, signed by the artist, and come with an affidavit of origin signed by the artist.

We also offer religious audio tapes and books. Some of the featured books we have on tape include Ellen White's series The Great Controversy, consisting of Patriarchs and Prophets, Prophets and Kings, Desire of Ages, Triumph of God's Love, and Acts of the Apostles. We also have her books Christ's Object Lessons, Steps to Christ, and the Story of Redemption, as well as many others. We also have most of these titles in hardback books, including a beautiful gift set of five titles in The Conflict of the Ages series. New additions to our line include the KJV Study Bible in elegant black leather, and Daniel and Revelation by Uriah Smith, in both hardcover and paperback.

Our Jar Candles, made by LaScala Candles, are the perfect gift! These delightful candles come in 24 delicious scents, like Lemon Meringue, Peach Cobbler, and others. We feature a 10-ounce Apothecary Jar candle, and a 16-ounce Mason Jar or Mason Mug candle, all with lids. We also have standard pillars, floaters and votives, as well as Smelly Jelly room freshener.

Please browse through our array of items. These art pieces and tapes make excellent gifts, and we have them in stock ready to ship them to you today!

While you're browsing our site, be sure to see some of the interesting attractions in Columbia, SC, the Friendly Midway. This exciting city is the hub of the Midlands, an area Where Friendliness Flows. See some of the beautiful photographs taken by our staff photographer, world-famous Doug Leonhardt. Some of the photos you'll see are of the Riverbanks Zoo, the South Carolina Supreme Court Building, the Capitol Building (the State House), and local parks such as the Congaree Swamp National Park, Finlay Park, Memorial Park, Martin Luther King (MLK) Park, and Riverfront Park.

Local historic churches are also shown, such as Centennial Presbyterian, Ebenezer Lutheran, First Baptist, First Presbyterian, St. Paul's Lutheran, St. Peter's Catholic, Good Shepherd Episcopal, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and Washington Street Methodist.

Many local museums are featured, such as the Columbia Museum of Art, the South Carolina State Museum, the EdVenture Children's Museum, and such historic museum-houses as the Robert Mills house, the Mann-Simons cottage, the Woodrow Wilson home, the Hampton-Preston mansion, the Chestnut cottage, the Seibels house, the Big Apple night club (formerly a synagogue), and the Little Red Schoolhouse in Riverfront Park.

Besides the museums themselves, several notable pieces of public art are shown, including the sculptures in Boyd Plaza at the Museum of Art, the Capitol grounds, Drayton Hall Theater, McMaster College of Art, Richland County Courthouse, the Senate Street fountain, Finlay Park, and the Bank of America Plaza; and the Murals on Park Street, the Vista Train Murals, the SCE&G Building mosaics, and the Tunnel Vision mural by Blue Sky.

The best local shops, restaurants, and services, like the Rising High Baking Co., Constan Car Wash, Tony's Pizza, Sammi's Deli, Dream Wings, and Complete Car Care, are also featured, some with COOLumbia.net special value coupons.

If you're looking for entertainment, click on Movies to go directly to the Fandango.com website, where you'll see all the latest movie schedules, and you can even buy your tickets online!

Local theaters are shown, including the Colonial Center, the Columbia Marionette Theater, Drayton Hall Theater, the Koger Center for the Performing Arts, the Longstreet Theater, the Riverwalk Amphitheater, the Town Theater, Township Auditorium, the Trustus, and the Workshop Theater.

And be sure to see our State Fair page, with a brief history of the fair and a link to the official website of the State Fair.

Finally, relax for a moment to see some of the most breath-taking scenes in nature: clouds, rivers, and sunsets, all captured and frozen in time for your enjoyment.