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MYSTERY PHOTO: Old picture of old place

Here’s an old picture of an old place in South Carolina. What and where is it? For bonus points, what’s its significance? 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, “Maybe our most difficult mystery yet,” must not have been that tough, thanks to anyone who knows how to do an image search via ye olde Internet. The mural of Anthony Bourdain, Albert Einstein, Jimi Hendrix and Salvador Dali is on the side of the empty Roumillat’s antiques building on Savannah Highway in West Ashley.

by Charleston Currents · 05/18/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Maybe our most difficult yet

It’s not often that you see a mural mixing the images of Salvador Dali, Jimi Hendrix, Albert Einstein and Anthony Bourdain. But if you know where to look, you’ll find it somewhere in the Lowcountry. Where? 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, “Big water,” showed the Beaufort River with the Woods Memorial Bridge to Lady’s Island in the background.

by Charleston Currents · 05/11/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Big water

Here’s a beautiful scene, but where is all of this 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 previous mystery, “Pretty little church,” pictured Grace Episcopal Church in the Charleston County fishing hamlet of Rockville.

by Andy Brack · 05/04/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Pretty little church

Here’s a pretty little South Carolina church. But 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 previous mystery, “Classic Southern mansion,” showed the beautiful Greek Revival Chisolm-Alston House at 172 Tradd Street in Charleston in a photo available via the U.S. Library of Congress.

by Charleston Currents · 04/27/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Classic Southern mansion

Here’s an outstanding Lowcountry example of a Greek Revival home. But 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.

Based on the results of our last Mystery Photo, “Another bridge,” either the picture was easy or there are lots of readers who are bored at home who decided to guess for the first time — or both! Congratulations to all who correctly identified the bridge as the General William C. Westmoreland Bridge on Interstate 626 over the Ashley River that connects West Ashley and North Charleston.

by Charleston Currents · 04/20/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Another bridge

Here’s another bridge that may look familiar. 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, “Bridge to somewhere” is the 2003-era Paul Gelegotis Bridge on Maybank Highway over the Stono River between James and Johns islands.

by Charleston Currents · 04/13/2020 · 4 comments · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Bridge to somewhere

Here’s a bridge to somewhere in the Lowcountry, but where? Bonus: What is the formal name of the bridge and what is this person’s significance? 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, “View from above” showed the beautiful town of Charleston’s sister city, Spoleto, Italy.

by Charleston Currents · 04/06/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: View from above

Here’s a view from above of a community that’s not in South Carolina. So where is it? For bonus points, why might it be relevant in today’s issue? 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, “Outdoor room with a view,” was from the Citrus Club on top of Charleston’s award-winning Dewberry Hotel (it’s on the cover of the current issue of Southern Living). The previous mystery photo was of an actual dewberry!

by Andy Brack · 03/30/2020 · 1 comment · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Outdoor room with a view

This looks like a nice, relaxing spot, but where is this photo taken from? For bonus points, why might it be relevant in today’s issue? 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, “White flower among azaleas,” proved to be more difficult than we expected. It showed the white flower of a wild blackberry growing between azalea leaves. (We believe it is actually a dewberry, a type of blackberry.)

by Charleston Currents · 03/23/2020 · 1 comment · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: White flower among azaleas

What in the world is this white flower doing among azaleas? And just what in the heck 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, “Light and reflection,” was a snapshot offered by Alaska reader Thomas Jacobsen of the Muses pool during the Night of a Thousand Candles at Brookgreen Gardens.

by Charleston Currents · 03/16/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos