Bowens Island (1946-Present) Cheap beer and local oysters are standard fare at the legendary James Island shack that Jimmy and May Bowen founded in the 1940s —Suzannah Smith Miles “Eating in Dante’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

David Warren may have discovered a unicorn in an old Charleston neighborhood west of the Ashley River. On a small bluff, less than a mile from Charles Towne Landing sits an almost one-acre lot with ...

A biomedical engineer might not be the most obvious choice to lead an international history museum, but Tonya Matthews has rarely pursued the obvious. Not in preschool, when she pestered her mother ...

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 ...

After seeing video clips of the terrifying flooding last September, we weren’t sure what to expect when we booked a two-night stay at this urban-outdoorsy lodge within three miles of downtown ...

About 10 miles south of Pawley’s Island lies Hobcaw Barony—a verdant expanse of land jutting into Winyah Bay and covering most of the peninsula between the Waccamaw River and the Atlantic Ocean.

(Inset) St. Michael’s Alley, image taken in 1937 by architectural photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston for the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South ST. MICHAEL’S ALLEY Running between ...

Blazing studio lights compounded the late summer heat as a tangle of wires and a film crew transformed the sanctuary of Circular Congregational Church into a TV studio. A diverse crowd squeezed into ...

A simple cuppa can awaken a mind—and a community. Over the past decade, the Lowcountry has become steeped in niche bean roasters and specialty retailers, an independent blend served up by an awareness ...

Today, this grand home in the heart of the Moultrieville Historic District on Sullivan’s Island, a stone’s throw from Fort Moultrie, looks like it has stood unchanged for more than 100 years. Its ...