30 fun, cultural, educational, and downright quirky destinations for sunny-day adventures
   
  
          
  
           
                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Author Stratton Lawrence delivers the “Edge of America’s” story through historic photos and fascinating prose  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A young builder takes on his own Riverland Terrace cottage with a one-man, room-by-room rehab  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Things Every Local Must Experience Whether your bloodline dates back generations or you just moved to town, check out...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Step into a colorful artistic Mecca in a colonial Mexican city where preservation and progress peacefully coexist  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Jubilee Project kicks off with a New Year’s Emancipation celebration  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Tracing the Charleston Symphony Orchestra back to its early 20th-century roots  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Four years after her retirement from the U.S. Air Force, award-winning combat photographer Stacy L. Pearsall recounts...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Gertrude Legendre blazed her own trail as a big-game hunter and preservation-minded Lowcountry socialite  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Advertising maven and indomitable CEO Charlotte Beers takes charge of yet another brand. Her own.  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Garage Cuban Band keeps crowds grooving  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Neighbors partner up to rehab small, historically significant houses  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Ron Foreman keeps the water safe for boaters  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Revel in historical sophistication, minutes from town  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Falling hard for an “inland” Eden, historic Hampton Park  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Reveling in the tradition of afternoon tea at Hopsewee Plantation  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          As the Gibbes Museum of Art mounts a retrospective exhibition of artist Alfred Hutty's works—some 65 paintings,...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Corroded metals on sunken ships and drawings on ancient walls inspire Paul Mardikian’s abstract paintings  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The blogger behind Charleston Daily Photo, who turns her lens on everything Holy City, gives a glimpse into her...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
           Find historically inspired accessories at local museums and institutions  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The French 75—a favorite of French and American soldiers during WWI—packs a delightful punch  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Five Charleston food and beverage veterans are crafting their own one-of-a-kind libations  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Local musicians deliver Holy City history during The Sound of Charleston  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Exploring the natural wonders of Botany Bay Plantation  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The colorful history of America’s trailblazing painter, Henrietta de Beaulieu Dering Johnston  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          JOHN HENRY DICK - a renowned bird painter; hunter-turned-conservationist; global explorer; author; photographer; and “a...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Bricks made at area plantations helped provide the wealth of architecture for which the city is renowned today  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Charleston Civic Design Center (CCDC) director Michael Maher envisions a Holy City that’s fit for the future  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lowcountry plantation opens to visitors this fall