Charleston Explained

Did you know Memorial Day started here? 🇺🇸

Thank you to all that have given their lives to protect our country!

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turns 109!

Mendel Dumas started M. Dumas & Sons at 220 King Street in 1917, outfitting Charleston’s laborers, naval officers, and workers with a handshake and a reputation he’d stake his name on. 109 years later, through two world wars, the rise of denim, innovation, and renovation, that same family name still hangs above King Street.

They were the first store in South Carolina to carry Levi’s. They put Tommy Bahama on the map before most people knew the name. And tucked inside their flagship is one of the oldest working elevators in Charleston.. a secret Co-Owner & CEO Gary Flynn let us see for ourselves.

Happy 109th anniversary, !

Save this for the next time you walk down King Street, and tag someone who needs to know this story!

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The Haunting at 106 Broad Street 💀👻

This story comes from the Charleston Mercury, written by Robert Simons, based on what he personally experienced while living at 106 Broad Street. Known as the Dr. John Lining House, this structure dates back to before 1715 - when Charleston was still a walled settlement. Just beyond that line of protection, along what began as a native trail and later became King Street, this home stood exposed on the edge of the unknown.

In 1715, the Yamasee War tore through the colony, leaving devastation behind. Records show the woman who owned this home survived - but something changed. A deed from that year suggests she was no longer of sound mind, and later, family letters revealed why. She had locked herself inside while her family tried to reach her… only to be killed just outside. The letters claim she could hear everything, unable to help, with safety still visible in the distance. A moment that may have left something behind at 106 Broad Street.

Nearly 300 years later, Robert experienced something he couldn’t explain. Every night at exactly 10 p.m., his bedroom light would shut off - over and over again. It only stopped when he moved his bed away from facing that old trail. He believed the spirit of that woman still lingers on the third floor… but what do you think?

Vampires in Charleston?

Charleston folklore holds stories that vampires were once believed to be buried in cemeteries across the city.

Across the country, cases like this were actually more prominent. Likely caused by diseases like tuberculosis.

But still… It makes for a pretty wild story.

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