The water collects from the uppermost reaches of South Carolina, clear and cool, bearing an almost sapphire hue that seems more befitting of the Bahamas than the Palmetto State. With the mountains as ...

Clouds and the setting sun paint the sky over 18,500-acre Lake Keowee in South Carolina. A rising star of the Deep South has emerged—and it’s not Atlanta, according to domestic migration statistics.

There’s a six-burner gas range and double oven in the kitchen, a soaking tub in the master suite, and a pair of covered boat docks out on the water. There’s heart-of-pine wide-plank flooring, a ...