Category: Photos - Glimpses of Charleston

King Window Box

Charleston is known for its beautiful window boxes. These can be found on King Street

Gibbes Street Beauty

A wonderful gate and house combination on Gibbes Street.

Evening Light

Charleston lighting up as the sun disappears.

Morning Light

The Ashley River is lit up with some golden morning sun.

Soupy Charleston

The tip of a very tall boat mast peeking through the morning Charleston fog.

Amazing Fog

A view of the Cooper River Bridge, as the morning fog is lifting.

Evening Charleston

Charleston, from Colonial Lake to the Cooper River Bridge, gleams in the early evening light.

Classic Charleston

This classic Charleston view can be found at the corner of South Battery and East Battery (it is not East Bay Street at this point).

This obelisk/sundial can be found in the southwest corner of White Point Garden. It commemorates one of the worst naval disasters in US history — the collision of the USS Hobson (a destroyer) with the much larger USS Wasp (an aircraft carrier) The Hobson was essential cut in two — killing 176 sailors. The Charleston connection is that the Hobson, was built in the North Charleston Naval Yard and had also been based in Charleston. The stones around the monument were brought in from the 38 home states of the men who died.

Hydrangeas

Some pretty Charleston hydrangeas. Did you know hydrangeas can be both evergreen and deciduous? The deciduous variety is, however, the more commonly cultivated variety.