When the Central America sank off the coast of the Carolinas, it took hundreds of lives and 30,000 pounds of gold with it ...

There was a time in the history of our country, a 13-year period between 1920 and 1933, when a pesky inconvenience called Prohibition was made law. This was a nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, ...

In an evolving Charleston, Pelato slips into the scene like a well-dressed stranger at a Southern soiree. Opened last May on Morrison Drive, Anthony and Theresa Scotto’s ...

As autumn’s cooler temps arrive in the Lowcountry, leaves begin to rustle. And not tree leaves but leaves of books—lots of them. Books clutched by enthusiastic tweens who line up by the thousands ...

On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Emanuel AME massacre, eight authors—journalists, historians, poets, and family members, whose books tell the stories of unfathomable heartbreak, survival, and ...

Growing up on James Island, Nicole Rubin, née Wilson, worked parttime at the Harris Teeter on East Bay Street. Passing the historic homes that decorate the eastern peninsula on her way to work, she ...

In 1977, Michael Bennett was working his way through the College of Charleston as a carpenter’s assistant, helping to renovate buildings the school had acquired nearby. The buildings were cheap and ...

Every member of these dynasties was trained as a pastry chef in the French style. They knew how to handle dough, confectionery, and sugar baking, as well as the making of savory dishes. They performed ...

As temperatures climb, landlocked beach lovers flock to Folly, the “Edge of America” outpost that packs in more characters, adventures, and sights than its six miles of beaches should be able to ...

“Sometimes things just gravitate to you,” says Gullah chef Benjamin “BJ” Dennis when asked what he’d wanted to be when he grew up. Though the only son out of three children, Dennis was the only one ...

Tiny red lights blink in a curious but steady rhythm; a quiet, consistent hum purrs or whirs, maybe both. These tall banks of computers sit still and sturdy, concentrating as they chew bytes and ...

On a warm Friday afternoon last October, Kevin Wadley stood on the dance floor of the Music Farm, searching for a hole in the floor. When he found it—a circular crack in the sticky, black surface—he ...