The Charleston peninsula, stretching from White Point Garden at the tip up towards the fantastic Ravenel (or Cooper River) Bridge, contains an unimaginable amount of beauty — both natural and man-made. Seen here from the Fort Sumter House at 1 King Street, you also get a sense of why the region is called the Lowcountry. Also note the origin of one of Charleston’s nicknames…the Holy City — the skyline, as it were, is full of church steeples.