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MYSTERY PHOTO: Colorful building

MYSTERY PHOTO: Colorful building

Where is this colorful building in Charleston County?  Send your guess to:  editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Sept. 23 mystery, “Where is this bike parked?” got correct answers from all over.  The bike, as many knew, was outside the College Park baseball stadium at the corner of Rutledge and Francis streets. 

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this bike parked?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this bike parked?

Look for clues in this photo to share where you think this bike is located in Charleston County.  Send your guess to:  editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Sept. 16 mystery, “Old house with brown shutters?” showed the Thorntree House in Kingstree, S.C.   The house, dating to the mid 18th century also is known as the Witherspoon House.

MYSTERY PHOTO: Old house with brown shutters

MYSTERY PHOTO: Old house with brown shutters

Here’s a two-story house with some history behind it, but where is it?  (It’s somewhere in eastern South Carolina.) Bonus: Tell us something cool about the house.  Send your guess to:  editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Sept. 9 mystery, “We know where it is, but what is it?” was sent in by Katharine Beard of Camden, who wanted to know more about what the photo illustrated. It was a tough one for our photo sleuths, but Chris Brooks of Mount Pleasant wrote that it “commemorates the Santee Indians who were widespread in this area and many were forced to relocate to Oklahoma.”

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MYSTERY: We know where it is, but what is it?

MYSTERY: We know where it is, but what is it?

This week, we offer a different kind of mystery.  Reader Katharine Beard of Camden knows where the above photo is.  She just doesn’t know what it is.  

“My husband and I have been passing this on our way from Camden to Edisto and have wondered about itm,” she wrote.  “It is on Tee Vee Road near Elloree, S.C. We are hoping someone will enlighten us.”  

Let us know at: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Sept. 2 mystery, “Kicking back to watch a grand sunset,” was a place near and dear to the hearts of many in the Lowcountry: the iconic Bowen’s Island Restaurant along the Folly River near Folly Beach.

MYSTERY PHOTO: Kicking back to watch a grand sunset

MYSTERY PHOTO: Kicking back to watch a grand sunset

Sunsets are glorious at this time of year with the evening build-up of clouds.  Here’s a relaxing local place to watch the evening ebb, but where is it?  Send your guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

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Our Aug. 26 mystery, “This  could be the beginning of something good” included a clue in the title.  The photo near the Coast Guard station in Charleston shows the beginning of the Low Battery wall along the Ashley River at the intersection of Tradd Street and Murray Boulevard.

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MYSTERY PHOTO: This could be the beginning of something good

MYSTERY PHOTO: This could be the beginning of something good

This one could be another tough one.  Hint: It’s in Charleston. Where? Send your guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Aug. 19 mystery, “Peeking into where?” was particularly vexing for many.  “Hat Lady” Archie Burkel of James Island explains the photo she submitted: “It was taken looking through the keyhole of Old St. Andrews Parish Church, Ashley River Road.

MYSTERY PHOTO: Peeking into where?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Peeking into where?

Dedicated James Island reader Archie Burkel, a.k.a. The Hat Lady, submitted this as a Mystery Photo and, boy, is it ever clever.  Hint: It was taken in Charleston County. But what is the viewer looking at and where is it?  Send your guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Aug. 12 mystery, “Pair of crosses,” showed the new steeples at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church on Savannah Highway in Charleston.  Thirty years ago next month, Hurricane Hugo blew down the church’s original steeples. 

MYSTERY PHOTO: Pair of crosses

MYSTERY PHOTO: Pair of crosses

Since we appear to be on a church theme today, here’s something new to the area skyline, but what is it?  For a bonus, why is it new? (This may be kind of tough for people who live outside of the Lowcountry.) Send your guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Aug. 5 mystery, “Rusty gate,” showed the gate to the Avian Conservation Center at The Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw along U.S. Highway 17.  

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Rusty gate

MYSTERY PHOTO: Rusty gate

If you live in Charleston County, you’ve probably driven by this rusty gate at some point.  What and where is it?  Send your guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our July 22 mystery, “Space-rockety sculpture,” was a little odd and hard to identify. But some intrepid souls — most of whom probably drove by it at one point in time — knew it to be a propane tank sculpture along the West Ashley Greenway.

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Space-rockety sculpture

MYSTERY PHOTO: Space-rockety sculpture

We spied this sculpture recently somewhere in Charleston County.  It might be a little tough to identify, but if you can, where is it?  For bonus points, what in the world is it? Send your guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our July 15 mystery, “Old brick church,” showed St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley County’s appropriately named St. Stephen, S.C.