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SO CHARLESTON

If the Holy City could count its blessings this month, the iconic public building at the corner of Church Street and...

November 2013
Today, two magnificent lighthouses mark the entrance to Charleston Harbor: the 1876 Morris Island Lighthouse—...

October 2016
Finding natural beauty and winged wonders on Little St. Simons, a hunting lodge-turned-eco-minded getaway

October 2016
In 1705, Englishman James Child established a ferry service on his property named Strawberry Bluff

October 2016
Rembering Henry and Blanche Holloway, the hermits of Goat Island 

October 2016
Inside the new American College of the Building Arts

October 2016
Among the largest of the 14 species of bats indigenous to South Carolina, these creatures of the night regularly set up...

September 2016
Millford Plantation celebrates its 175th anniversary with a string of special events 

April 2017
A glimpse at a bustling, early 20th-century Charleston

September 2016
Rarely viewed and never-before-seen works by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, aka “Cousin Alice,” will be reunited at...

September 2016
A Big Apple transplant reflects on the luxury of small-city living in her new Southern home

September 2016
Through MUSC’s pet therapy program, pups Maddie and Bristol, with “mom” Kathy Sykes, bring happiness to hospitalized...

September 2016
This graceful member of the heron family (Egretta thula) is distinguished from other tall white wading birds by its...

A local company is elevating cornhole to an all-new level

September 2016
“Apple-only” accessory maker Twelve South amps up its focus on goods for the hip home

August 2016
Looking back at early Lowcountry hurricanes

August 2016
Projekt CHARME fosters connections between Charleston and the German town of Haldensleben

August 2016
The Sewee tribe of Native Americans was first to live along this waterway’s shores and gave it the name “Shemee” (...

August 2016
A call for entries for our third annual photo contest, themed “Only in Charleston,” netted more than 600 submissions....

August 2016
Perhaps the most notable change that will soon affect the creek is the multistory office building being erected at...

August 2016
Shem Creek’s natural tidal flow and marshlands have long provided a habitat for an array of marine plants, fish,...

August 2016
Kayaks, SUPs, pleasure boats, fishing and touring charters, and commercial fishing boats share the busy channel

August 2016
“They say we’re a dying breed,” says fourth-generation shrimper Franklin Rector. “That’s nowhere near true. Every year...

August 2016
How Shem Creek fares in Mount Pleasant’s current population and development boom is a microcosm of growing pains...

August 2016
A longtime resident ponders the natural blessings bestowed upon us

August 2016
The Charleston Museum’s 19th-century curator, Gabriel E. Manigault, masterfully prepared dozens of skeletons now on...

August 2016
Through its hands-on approach to media arts education, Yo Art! is molding local students into budding fashion designers...

August 2016
On the night of February 17, 1864, the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley slipped out of Breach Inlet and headed for...

August 2016
Discover a cool, locally designed line of cotton clothing

August 2016
Edendriver, created by late boat designer Seph Limehouse, makes its debut