This colorful and classic Charleston tableau can be found outside the Federal Courthouse on Meeting Street. The baskets, which are considered to be works of art, are made from sweetgrass — as they have been since the 1600’s.

If you stroll down Longitude Lane you will come across this cool little door and pretty vine covered wall. It’s the backside of the house which fronts Tradd Street.

This pretty wintery Charleston scene can be found in Hampton Park, the largest park on the Charleston peninsula. Did you know that President Theodore Roosevelt visited the park when it was the site of the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition in 1902?

Located at 41 Church Street, the Albert Todd House is a relative baby in Charleston, built in 1909. While beautiful, what’s really cool about it (besides its planter) is its location — at The Bend of Church Street. You can tell where it is by the mooring appearing in the front of the photo, which were used to tied up boats when the street was still a creek.

Four Post Alley was the more casual name for Gadsden’s Alley, which once connected Broad Street to Elliott Street. It was closed by the city in 1919. The handwritten sign can be seen along Elliott Street.