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MYSTERY PHOTO: Interesting Lowcountry plant

MYSTERY PHOTO: Interesting Lowcountry plant

Here’s an interesting Lowcountry plant because it is reportedly the only one in North America with this characteristic.  What is the plant and what is the characteristic?  Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

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Our Dec. 7 photo, “Hers, not his,” showed a sign for a West Ashley grocery store, Doscher’s, that was missing a few letters. 

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Hers, not his

MYSTERY PHOTO: Hers, not his

This Lowcountry building apparently has undergone a transformation to cater just to women.  Or something else happened.  What is this place and where is it?  Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

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Our Nov. 30 photo, “So, who’s the king?” is a mural at award-winning, lip-smacking Lewis Barbecue on upper Nassau Street in downtown Charleston.

MYSTERY PHOTO: So, who’s the king?

MYSTERY PHOTO: So, who’s the king?

Can you answer the question … and let us know where the mural is located?  Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

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Our Nov. 23 photo, “Building with history,” shows Temple Beth Elohim on Screven Street in Georgetown.  

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Building with history

MYSTERY PHOTO: Building with history

This building, located somewhere in the Lowcountry, has an interesting history.  Where is it and what makes it special? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. 

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Nov. 16 photo, “Interesting place for a mural,” showed a painting of renowned blacksmith Philip Simmons on Avondale’s Alycia Alley behind Gene’s Haufbrau.  

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Interesting place for a mural

MYSTERY PHOTO: Interesting place for a mural

This photo might be difficult for out-of-towners to locate because it’s in an interesting place.  The “who” shouldn’t be tough, but where is it? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

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Our Nov. 9 photo, “Orange archway?” should have been easy-peasy to anyone who has driven past South of the Border on Interstate 95 in Dillon County. It was a close-up of a Pedro sign.

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Orange archway

MYSTERY PHOTO: Orange archway

We bet just about anybody who lives in South Carolina, as well as many visitors, have seen this curious orange archway.  But where is it?  Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

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Our Oct. 30 photo, “Where is this door?” was easy for many veterans of the Mystery Photo.  It showed a slightly retouched photo of the door of the Hibernian Hall on Meeting Street in Charleston.  A key clue: the harp gate.

MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this door?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this door?

You may have seen this door before, 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 Oct. 26 photo, “Golden dome,” wasn’t in South Carolina, as a few readers guessed.  The photo showed the golden dome of the Savannah City Hall that overlooks the Savannah River.  

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Golden dome

MYSTERY PHOTO: Golden dome

Here’s an attractive dome buoyed by sunlight.  What and where is it? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Oct. 19 photo, “Shipping memorial,” showed a metal model of the SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. 

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PHOTO ESSAY: Hundreds of women march Saturday in Charleston

PHOTO ESSAY: Hundreds of women march Saturday in Charleston

By Rob Byko, contributing photographer | An estimated 300 people turned out Saturday for a march from Colonial Lake to Brittlebank Park as part of about 400 women’s marches across the country.  Here are some photos from the Charleston event:

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Shipping memorial

MYSTERY PHOTO: Shipping memorial

Here’s an outdoor artwork of a ship.  What and where is it?  (Caution: It may or may not be in South Carolina.) Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. 

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Oct. 12 photo, “Off the top of your head, where is this?,” was a joke that sent Daniel Prohaska of Moncks Corner into peals of laughter: “I laughed my head off with your Mystery Photo pun this week! Haha! That’s the Gedney Main Howe Jr. bust in Lawrimore Park just outside the historic Charleston County Courthouse.

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