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Hindu Temple and Cultural Center - STCC of SC

Tucked away on Jervey Avenue in Charleston's West Ashley, the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center—run by the nonprofit STCC of SC—is the Lowcountry's permanent home for Sanatana Dharma worship. Open to people of every background, it brings the rhythms of an Indian temple to the South: morning and evening aarati, weekly abhishekams, lively festivals, and a calm, prayerful atmosphere that visitors describe as a welcome refuge from the everyday. Founded by a dedicated group of Indian diaspora families who first opened their doors in 2009 and later purchased a purpose-built temple home, the center serves as far more than a place of prayer. It hosts pujas to Shiva, Hanuman, Kartikeya, Venkateshwara and others, lifecycle ceremonies from naming ceremonies to weddings, classes on the Bhagavad Gita and yoga, and community events that draw both devoted families and curious newcomers.

Historical landmark

Charleston · US

Vanderhorst Mansion

The Vanderhorst Mansion—more precisely the Elias Vanderhorst House—at 28 Chapel Street is one of Charleston's purest survivors of the antebellum Greek Revival, a stuccoed-brick villa raised on a high brick basement and fronted by fluted Doric columns. Built around 1832 for a scion of the rice-planting Vanderhorst dynasty, it remained in a single family for more than eighty years and today reads as a textbook of early-19th-century Charleston townhouse elegance. It is private property, so the pleasure here is an outdoor, sidewalk appreciation of architecture and history rather than a tour inside. The Preservation Society of Charleston has placed a historic marker at the house, and its double curving stone-and-iron staircase, fanlit doorway and dogtooth pediment make it a favorite for architecture lovers wandering the Wraggborough neighborhood.

Bridge

Charleston · US

Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge

The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge is Charleston's unmistakable icon—a sweeping cable-stayed span whose twin diamond-shaped towers rise 575 feet above the Cooper River, linking the historic peninsula to the coastal town of Mount Pleasant. Opened in 2005, the bridge was the longest cable-stayed span in the Western Hemisphere at the time of completion and remains one of South Carolina's tallest structures. Beyond carrying nearly 100,000 vehicles daily, the bridge offers something rare for a major highway crossing: a 12-foot-wide pedestrian and bicycle path called Wonders' Way that runs the full 2.5-mile length, granting walkers and cyclists panoramic views of Charleston's church steeples, the working harbor, Fort Sumter, and the Atlantic beyond. At night, the towers are illuminated to reinforce their geometric form, turning the bridge into a glowing landmark visible across the city.

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