The official start of spring is almost upon us, but the agricultural year is already in full swing on Johns Island. Fields are being...

Here's a great question for you next trivia challenge: where did the first bombardment of Fort Sumter that began the Civil War originate?...

It's no accident that the so much of our holiday-making right now concerns light - Christmas tree lights, Yule candles, firelight,...

All of us at SINHG mourn the loss of historian Doug Bostick, who was to present November's Evening Program on the history of Seabrook...

During the years leading up to the Civil War, the Underground Railroad provided a path to freedom for hundreds of enslaved plantation...

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...

The name sounds soothing, peaceful, an apt description of the many crumbling ruins of abandoned small churches that dot the Lowcountry,...

For the historically minded, Bohicket Road and the Parkway form a time tunnel through some of Johns Island's earliest history as a...

It's would be difficult to travel anywhere in the greater Charleston area without encountering the name Legare or to having your...

The Lowcountry's swamps and creek beds harbor many secrets with their inaccessibility and isolation, but archeologists are uncovering at...

This month marks the third national observance of Juneteenth, celebrated on the 19th to mark the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation...

Charleston's colorful Rainbow Row, always a popular stop on the city's tourist routes, is especially significant during this month's Gay...

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...

Charleston and the Lowcountry have been shaped for millennia by its harbor, the foundation of the area's growth, starting with the...

Few symbols are more identifiable with Charleston than the iconic Ravenel Bridge spanning the Cooper River and connecting downtown...

Hidden away deep in the Lowcountry is a rare architectural gem with the unusual name Auldbrass. The only project in the South designed by...

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...

Today may be "Black Friday" for many of us, the unofficial opening of the Christmas gift shopping season, but a less commercial...

No Lowcountry Halloween would be complete without a warning about the Boo Hag, a troublesome vampire-like creature that features in...

Another trivia question: where did the first bombardment of Fort Sumter that began the Civil War originate? No points lost if you...