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MYSTERY PHOTO: Another gorgeous photograph for you to identify

MYSTERY PHOTO: Another gorgeous photograph for you to identify

Today’s mystery photo may be too easy for our sleuths. But isn’t it also a beautiful photograph, with the photographer catching the light just right? Put your mind to work and tell us where this is located. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

The previous week’s photo was recognized by Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: “This is Cape Arago State Park on the coast of Oregon.

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by · April 14, 2023 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Water, waves, rocks, hills dominate this mystery

MYSTERY PHOTO: Water, waves, rocks, hills dominate this mystery

Here’s a hint about today’s Mystery Photo: it was not taken in Georgia. Now go forth and try to figure out where this beautiful photo was made, sending your idea to elliottt@brack@gmail.com. Be sure to tell us where you live. 

The last mystery was around here, as Stewart Woodard, Lawrenceville said: “It is one of the homes of the Bona Allen family in Buford. 

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by · April 11, 2023 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a Southern mansion for you to identify

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a Southern mansion for you to identify

The Mystery Photo today is a classic southern house. Your job is to identify where this was taken. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.

Wow! Many Gwinnettians must have visited Bar Harbor, Maine, as  18 readers got the recent Mystery Photo correct. 

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by · April 7, 2023 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you pinpoint this street scene in our nation?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you pinpoint this street scene in our nation?

Here’s a street scene that could be anywhere in the nation.  Your job is to figure out where this is. How many can name the street and city?  Send your thoughts to elliottt@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.

Fran Worrall of Lawrenceville recognized the last Mystery Photo: “It’s the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., located on the Hudson River approximately 50 miles north of New York City.

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by · April 4, 2023 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps this one clue will guide you to ID this photo!

MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps this one clue will guide you to ID this photo!

The major clue for today’s mystery is that body of water in the foreground. That’s the only help we’ll give you today as you seek to identify this photograph. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.

Sara Rawlins of Lawrenceville was among those recognizing the latest mystery.  She wrote: “This a photo from Andy Brack’s vacation in and around St. John’s, Newfoundland.

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by · March 31, 2023 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you figure out where these houses are located?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you figure out where these houses are located?

Today’s mystery photo is not a composite.  It is a single photo, which appears to be houses stacked on top of each other. The distinctive colors might help you identify this image. Get to noodling and send your guess to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown. 

What we thought would be an easy Mystery Photo turned out to be difficult, perhaps because the photo probably had not been exhibited anywhere before.

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by · March 28, 2023 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out and identify this idyllic setting 

MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out and identify this idyllic setting 

Here’s an idyllic scene, showing some of the blooms of springtime.  Figure out where this photo was taken, and tell us about the area. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.

The most recent Mystery Photo was recognized by several readers, though the photograph is far across an ocean.  It’s as Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex., says, at: “the western-most point of Portugal and all of Europe, Cabo da Roca (which means ‘Cape of Rocks”’ in English)…

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by · March 24, 2023 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of clues: Rocks, water, building, but where is it?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of clues: Rocks, water, building, but where is it?

Clues abound in today’s mystery: there are water, rocks, mist, a monument, and even a lighthouse. All you have to do is put these clues together and find out where this is located. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown. 

Sara Rawlins of Lawrenceville got the last mystery dead-on when she said: “The picture is the Little Stone Church, aka the Union Congregational Church in Mackinac Island, Mich.

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by · March 21, 2023 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this idyllic stone church?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this idyllic stone church?

Today’s Mystery Photo is a quaint, beautiful stone church, but where is it? Do your searching to find out and then send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, identified the last mystery as it was “shot on the grounds of the former Roosevelt family estate, which is now part of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, N.Y.

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by · March 17, 2023 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Facing busts are today’s Mystery Photo

MYSTERY PHOTO: Facing busts are today’s Mystery Photo

Today’s Mystery Photo is of two busts facing one another. Identify the guys in the busts and tell us where this photograph was made. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. gives us details on the recent mystery: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Lonja del Comercio (Commerce Market) building, located in the Plaza de San Francisco de Asís in Old Havana, Cuba.

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by · March 14, 2023 · Mystery photos