Suzannah Smith Miles

March 2019

On March 18, 1839, the Irish organization known as the Hibernian Society laid the first cornerstone for a new hall at...

February 2019

Wood Duck

Explorer John Lawson—who visited South Carolina in 1700—gives an apt introduction to Aix sponsa, whose nicknames...

January 2019

Artist & Adventurer

On the eve of the Gibbes Museum of Art exhibition “Anna Heyward Taylor: Intrepid Explorer,” take a look into the...

January 2019

Huguenot Church

Since 1687, the French Protestants known as Huguenots and their descendants have worshipped at the corner of Church and...

December 2018

Wax Myrtle

One of the Lowcountry’s most prolific evergreens is the wax myrtle (Morella cerifera). It grows easily and everywhere—...

December 2018

Miracle on King Street

Santa Claus—and live reindeer—came to town for Charleston’s first Christmas parade in the midst of the Great Depression

November 2018

Simmons Ironwork

When Philip Simmons (1912-2009) began to study the craft of ironwork as a 13-year-old apprentice to Holy City...

October 2018

Grave Sites

Throughout history, locals have laid their dead to rest with love, respect, and—at times—unparalleled Charleston style...

September 2018

Horseshoe Crab

Named for its unusual shape, the American horseshoe crab has been called a “living fossil,” as it has been on Earth...

August 2018

Brown Pelican

Find yourself envisioning Jurassic Park’s flying dinosaurs when you see a brown pelican mid-air? You aren’t far off. ...

July 2018

Earthquake Bolts

The ”Great Shake” of August 31, 1886, was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on the East Coast. Its epicenter...

June 2018

Fly Guy

Remembering Charleston’s famous (and famously dashing) aerobatic pilot, Bevo Howard

June 2018

Tomatoes

Tomato pie, tomato pilau, tomato gumbo, okra and tomatoes, fried green tomatoes, tomato relish: no question about it,...

May 2018

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Despite their great size, long lifespan (50-plus years), and an armor-like shell that helps protect them from natural...

April 2018

The Remarkable Mr. & Mrs. Morawetz

When New York philanthropists Victor and Marjorie Nott Morawetz decided to find a winter home in 1929, they had the...

April 2018

Charleston Silver

Silver was the preferred metal for dining, drinking, lighting, and decorative ware in the early Charleston home, and...

March 2018

Carolina Jessamine

Each spring, the bright yellow flowers of Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) announce the new season in...

February 2018

Boykin Spaniel

The brown, floppy-eared pooch known as the “Boykin spaniel” today seems omnipresent in the Holy City—especially during...

January 2018

Before the Code

Samuel F. B. Morse (yes, that Morse) was once Charleston’s most fashionable portraitist

January 2018

Carolopolis Award

They’re affixed to structures throughout the Historic District and beyond: circular plaques mingling English and Latin...

December 2017

Church Bells

At four Holy City churches, bells are rung to changes in the English tradition—an art form more rare than many realize

November 2017

Wild Turkey

The svelte, long-legged bird known as Meleagris gallopavo is quite a different beast than the fat and juicy turkey that...

October 2017

Pluff Mud

“When you steps in it, you sticks,” say the Gullah people of the gooey marsh mud that lines Lowcountry creeks. “Smells...

September 2017

Resurrection Fern

During periods of drought, folks uninitiated in the magical ways of Pleopeltis polypodioides may spy the epiphyte fern’...

August 2017

Okra

If you’ve never grown an okra plant—merely enjoying someone else’s crop deliciously fried, boiled, steamed, stewed,...

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