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MYSTERY PHOTO: Did it move?

There’s something a little different about this building. It used to be in a different place than it is today. Did it move, or what? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our most recent mystery, “Flags adorn impressive, grand entrance,” shows the historic and sumptuous Willcox Hotel in Aiken, which was named the 10th best resort hotel in the South by Travel + Leisure magazine in 2020. “The Willcox has historic southern charm enough to satisfy

by Charleston Currents · 08/03/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Flags adorn impressive, grand entrance

Here’s an important-looking place replete with three different flags. But where is it? Why might it have been in recent news? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our most recent mystery, “Historic pensive marble statue,” shows the pensive “Winter” statue at Middleton Place near Charleston.

by Charleston Currents · 07/27/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Historic pensive marble statue

Here’s a statue that can be found in a historic South Carolina location. Send your best guess of what it is as well as something about 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 most recent mystery, “Some kind of construction going on,” stumped several readers. It showed the skeleton of the new International African American Museum along the banks of the Cooper River. The multi-million dollar museum is expected to open in 2022.

by Charleston Currents · 07/20/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Some kind of construction going on

Here’s a scene with some kind of construction — like that doesn’t happen often across the Lowcountry these days. But where and, better yet, what 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 most recent mystery, “Marine scene,” showed a boardwalk and shrimp boat along Shem Creek in Mount Pleasant.

by Charleston Currents · 07/13/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Marine scene

Here’s a scene somewhere on the water. Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our most recent mystery, “Pretty gazebo begs question, ‘Where am I?,” is located on Race Street in Charleston in a park adjacent to the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.

by Charleston Currents · 06/29/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Pretty gazebo begs question, “Where am I?”

Here’s an interesting, modern gazebo somewhere in the Lowcountry. Tell us where and something about any facet of the photo. Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our most recent mystery, “Mysterious statue,” shows a bronze statue of Denmark Vesey in Hampton Park.

by Charleston Currents · 06/22/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Mysterious statue

Here’s a Lowcountry-area statue, but who does it depict, where is it and what’s his story (briefly)? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our most recent mystery, “Beautiful sunset,” featured a pink glow along Savannah Highway in the West Ashley part of Charleston near the Early Bird Diner.

by Charleston Currents · 06/15/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Beautiful sunset

Look at how the setting sun casts a pink glow above trees on this stretch of highway on a recent evening. Beautiful. But where is this general location? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our most recent mystery, “Pipes and stuff,” showed some of the material being used in construction to make the Low Battery taller. This photo was taken along Murray Boulevard near the U.S. Coast Guard station.

by Charleston Currents · 06/08/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Pipes and stuff

Got any idea where these pipes and building materials are? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our most recent mystery, “Another old picture of an old building,” shows historic Strawberry Chapel in Berkeley County along the Cooper River.

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

MYSTERY: Another old picture of old building

Here’s another old, somewhat blurry, image of an old building in what obviously is the Lowcountry (witness the Spanish moss). Where is it? And for the bonus, what importance does it have? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous mystery, “Old picture of old place,” showed Middleburg Plantation in a Library of Congress photo from the 1930s. Middleburg, located near Huger on the Cooper River in Berkeley County, is reportedly the oldest wooden house — circa 1697 — south of Virginia.

by Charleston Currents · 05/25/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos