Underground Quilts
During the years leading up to the Civil War, the Underground Railroad provided a path to freedom for hundreds of enslaved plantation...
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Sep 8, 2023
Mullet Hall
We're fortunate in having the Johns Island County Park just down the road, with its equestrian center, hiking trails, dog park and 3-D...
Sep 1, 2023
Chapels of Ease
The name sounds soothing, peaceful, an apt description of the many crumbling ruins of abandoned small churches that dot the Lowcountry,...
Aug 25, 2023
Shipwreck Churches
For the historically minded, Bohicket Road and the Parkway form a time tunnel through some of Johns Island's earliest history as a...
Aug 11, 2023
The Legares of Charleston
It's would be difficult to travel anywhere in the greater Charleston area without encountering the name Legare or to having your...
Jun 16, 2023
The Other Independence Day
This month marks the third national observance of Juneteenth, celebrated on the 19th to mark the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation...
Jun 9, 2023
The Other Rainbow Row
Charleston's colorful Rainbow Row, always a popular stop on the city's tourist routes, is especially significant during this month's Gay...
Jun 2, 2023
War On The Parkway
It's hard to imagine while we're zipping along Betsy Kerrison Parkway that this stretch of Johns Island was once a Civil War battleground...
May 19, 2023
The Deep Blue Sea
Charleston and the Lowcountry have been shaped for millennia by its harbor, the foundation of the area's growth, starting with the...
May 5, 2023
A Tale Of Three Bridges
Few symbols are more identifiable with Charleston than the iconic Ravenel Bridge spanning the Cooper River and connecting downtown...
Apr 14, 2023
The Wright Stuff
Hidden away deep in the Lowcountry is a rare architectural gem with the unusual name Auldbrass. The only project in the South designed by...
Feb 17, 2023
Fancy Footwork
Its exact origins may be obscure, but it's a fact that South Carolina's official state dance, the Carolina Shag, has deep roots in the...
Feb 11, 2023
The Limehouse Legacy
If you've shopped at Rosebank Farms, or crossed the bridge on Main Road over the Stono River, you've noticed the name Limehouse. The...
Feb 3, 2023
Remembering The Struggle
February is Black History Month and a time to mark the important role Johns Island played during the Civil Rights era. Important figures...
Jan 13, 2023
JOINED AT THE HIP
Charleston can claim quite a few firsts in its three-hundred years as the anchor of the Lowcountry, and this month marks two of them - ...
Dec 30, 2022
BACKWARD AND FORWARD
It's the season of reflection and and anticipation as we look back over the past year and look forward to the new one on the horizon. Our...
Dec 16, 2022
SANTA CLAUS & THE NIGHTINGALE
It may be hard to imagine Christmas without Santa Claus or Christmas trees, but these traditional symbols of winter's main festival were...
Nov 25, 2022
FIRST ON THE WATER
Today may be "Black Friday" for many of us, the unofficial opening of the Christmas gift shopping season, but a less commercial...
Oct 28, 2022
BEWARE THE BOO HAG
No Lowcountry Halloween would be complete without a warning about the Boo Hag, a troublesome vampire-like creature that features in...
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