Category: Photos - Glimpses of Charleston

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.

Library Society

The handsome home of the Charleston Library Society was built on King Street in 1914, but the organization was founded far earlier. Now 273 year old, it was founded in 1748 and is the second oldest circulating library in the United States and the oldest cultural institution in the South.

Viva La France

A little bit of France on St. Michael’s Alley — which can be found just south of Broad Street in the Charlestowne neighborhood.