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Mystery Photo

MYSTERY PHOTO: Light and reflection

A reader sent in this phenomenal photo showing a South Carolina scene. Where is it? For bonus points, identify the particular event for this scene. Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our last Mystery Photo, “Historic photo,” showed the ruins of the Charleston Lighthouse on Morris Island in 1863. The photo was from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Smithsonian Institution recently released millions of old pictures for public use and available for download through its website.

by Charleston Currents · 03/09/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY: Historic photo

Here’s a photo that’s more than 150 years old. It’s related to South Carolina, but can you guess what it is? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our last Mystery Photo, “Water tower,” should have looked familiar to anyone who may have visited Fripp Island in Beaufort County. The iconic water tower, one person observed, looks like a golf ball on a tee.

by Charleston Currents · 03/02/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Water tower

So here’s a scene in South Carolina that may look familiar. Does it to you? Where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our last Mystery Photo, “Tranquil scene,” was a photo taken by Sitka, Alaska, resident Thomas Jacobsen in Poinsett State Park in Sumter County.

by Charleston Currents · 02/23/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Tranquil scene

A reader from Alaska sent along this tranquil South Carolina scene. It looked familiar to us, but does it to you? Where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our last Mystery Photo, “The sea life,” was kind of tough because fishing piers along the coast look similar. It wasn’t at Folly Beach, Cherry Point, Pawleys Island, Garden City or Surfside Beach. But several people correctly identified this pier at Myrtle Beach State Park.

by Andy Brack · 02/17/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: The sea life

It won’t be long before we return to beaches from Hilton Head Island to the Grand Strand. Here’s a pier somewhere along the state’s coast, but where? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

The last time we published a Mystery Photo was on Jan. 20. It showed the Rose Pavilion at Hampton Park in Charleston.

by Charleston Currents · 02/10/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Formal building

Here’s a formal building somewhere in the Lowcountry for you to identify. 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 Jan. 13 mystery, “Rocky Top” got a lot of correct guesses from Charleston-area residents, who recognized the photo as the top of the Circular Congregational Church on Meeting Street.

by Charleston Currents · 01/20/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Pointy top

Here’s a building somewhere in the Lowcountry for you to identify. 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:We had lots of great guesses for our Jan. 6 mystery, “Tunnel of trees. Guesses ranged from somewhere on Hilton Head Island or Edisto Island to River Road in Charleston County. But the tunnel was on Mary Murray Drive at Hampton Park adjacent to The Citadel. The camera can be deceiving!

by Charleston Currents · 01/12/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Tunnel of trees

This tunnel may look familiar, 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.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Dec. 23 mystery, “Different perspective,” proved to be pretty recognizable by readers of Charleston Currents. It showed Waterfront Park from a perch on the second floor of the City Gallery.

by Charleston Currents · 01/06/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Different perspective

The picture above is in Charleston, but where? It’s an odd perspective. Perhaps the painting offers a clue. 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 Dec. 16 mystery, “Warm, afternoon light,” showed the glow of Grace Church Cathedral on Wentworth Street in the waning light of a recent chilly Charleston day.

by Charleston Currents · 12/23/2019 · 1 comment · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Warm, afternoon light

You can feel the warmth on this building on a cool fall day as the sun started to set. But what and where is it? [Several photos lately have been hard, so here’s a holiday “gimme!”] 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 Dec. 9 mystery, “An old place,” is the Old Sheldon Church ruins near Yemassee. If you look closely, you’ll see a new look with manicured rock paths, even though they are blocked these days by a fence that surrounds the historic church.

by Charleston Currents · 12/16/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos