And learn about the local advocates and preservationists who banded together to save the island and its historic light
Arriving during the Charleston Renaissance of the 1920s, Victor and Marjorie Morawetz restored properties like the...
You can't keep a good hull down
Learn more about this familiar Carolina native
Oh, what tangled webs they weave—huge, remarkably intricate nets that can be as large as six feet across. Strong enough...
Named for the richly colored zigzag pattern resembling lightning bolts on the shells of juveniles, the lightning whelk...
And how not to get it confused with dolphin
Charleston’s oldest surviving public building was designed for a special purpose—to store gunpowder.
This is Lowcountry cooking: a simple, yet flavorful, one-pot meal that combines fresh local shrimp, corn on the cob,...
Ghost crabs scuttle across the sand faster than you can say Ocypode quadrata, the scientific name for this sand crab...
While Charleston is a thriving, energetic, and modern metropolis, the city has retained its past like no other in the...
Bring on the magnolia blooms! This month, Magnolia grandiflora’s immense flowers open, filling the air with their...
In the 1700s, locals flocked to alfresco concerts in The Orange Garden
With an intricate design featuring swords and spears, the famed Sword Gate at 32 Legare Street isn’t quite what you’d...
The stout, cinnamon-colored bird officially dubbed Thryothorus ludovicianus is a year-round Lowcountry resident—a...
One of the few forest creatures regularly spied by city- and suburb-dwellers today, the white-tailed deer—the official...
Longleaf pine trees (Pinus palustris) once covered some 90 million acres in the Southeastern United States, including...
Today, two magnificent lighthouses mark the entrance to Charleston Harbor: the 1876 Morris Island Lighthouse—...
It may be a simple dish of rice and peas, but no right-minded Charleston resident goes through January 1st without a...
