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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.

Our previous Mystery Photo

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.

Our previous Mystery Photo

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:

by · 10/19/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos
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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MYSTERY: Off the top of your head, where is this? 

MYSTERY: Off the top of your head, where is this? 

Here’s a South Carolina scene, but 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. 5 photo, “Red bridge,” showed the red bridge at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. 

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Red bridge

MYSTERY PHOTO: Red bridge

This mystery photo should be pretty easy.  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 Sept. 25 photo, “Reader sent this week’s tough photo to ID,” shows a building that’s just a few yards from the Yemassee train station where hundreds of thousands of recruits met Marine Corps drill sergeants  before heading to basic training at Parris Island.

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MYSTERY: Reader sent this week’s tough photo to ID

MYSTERY: Reader sent this week’s tough photo to ID

A reader sent us this photo of a building somewhere in the Lowcountry that has an interesting former life.  We’ve retouched it a little to make it tougher to figure out.  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 Sept. 21 photo, “Dog day afternoon,” was pretty easy for longtime Charlestonians.  It showed the (fake) Dalmatian outside the oldest fire station in downtown Charleston at the corner of Wentworth and Meeting streets.

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Dog day afternoon

MYSTERY PHOTO: Dog day afternoon

We hope this Lowcountry picture might be a little easier for folks to identify.  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 Sept. 14 photo, “Lonely building,” isn’t all that lonely.  It’s Darrah Hall, one of several buildings at the historic Penn Center on St. Helena Island in Beaufort County. 

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MYSTERY PHOTO: Lonely building?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Lonely building?

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 Sept. 7 photo, “Breaking a sweat,” is the Skywheel in Myrtle Beach in an Unsplash photo taken during one of the community’s marathons.

by · 09/14/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos