On January 1, 1882, Mayor William A. Courtenay created the Charleston Fire Department
In this photograph, taken on Christmas Eve 1937, pedestrians are beckoned by lower King’s window displays
Famed Swedish songstress Jenny Lind performed in Charleston during the Christmas of 1850
In this circa-1945 photograph, WAVES Specialists 3rd class Nora Scott and Virginia Chenoweth are at work in the control...
In 1936, modern masterpieces from the collection of Solomon and Irene Guggenheim debuted at the Gibbes
Rembering Henry and Blanche Holloway, the hermits of Goat Island
Looking back at early Lowcountry hurricanes
The Charleston Museum’s 19th-century curator, Gabriel E. Manigault, masterfully prepared dozens of skeletons now on...
A quick look back at Isle of Palms history
Calling out his creative seafood sales pitches, huckster and political provocateur Joe Cole became a cultural...
An enthralling new novel brings the history of a Charleston landmark to life
For a century, turkey buzzards reigned over the Market. So what finally forced the iconic creatures to flee their...
The Waring Historical Library’s portrait project
Nancy Stevenson made South Carolina history as lieutenant governor
A circa-1945 Halloween parade
