Mystery photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Few clues abound for today’s Mystery 

MYSTERY PHOTO: Few clues abound for today’s Mystery 

You can tell that today’s Mystery Photo is an older house because of the massive chimneys, meaning it took plain, everyday wood to heat this structure. Look at all the brick in these chimneys?  Now figure out where this house is located. There are few identifying clues around!  Send your answer to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.

The most recent Mystery Photo wasn’t some older building in Europe, though it may have looked like it. George Graf of Palmyra, Va. recognized it immediately. “That’s Gray Towers National Historic Site…

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by · June 23, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Ancient stone building reminds you of Europe

MYSTERY PHOTO: Ancient stone building reminds you of Europe

Today’s Mystery Photo is made of stone, looks ancient, and also has a certain European look. Now see if you can determine where this building is located. Send your ideas to Elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown. 

Photo from Peel
Original mystery

The Mystery Photo in the June 10 edition (after one week of no Forum), was spotted by only George Graf of Palmyra, Va. He wrote: “This is the Honfleur Lighthouse, Port of Honfleur, 

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by · June 21, 2022 · Mystery photos
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MYSTERY PHOTO: You may be surprised at where this lighthouse is located

Though not dramatic, this lighthouse sits low on the horizon and serves its vital function for sailors. Figure out where this photograph was taken, and send your idea to ellott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

That haunted-looking ruins in the recent Mystery Photo has worldwide interest for fans of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.  Holly Moore of Suwanee recognized Whitby Abbey, overlooking the North Sea in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England.

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by · June 10, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out exactly where these ruins are located, and why

MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out exactly where these ruins are located, and why

Today’s Mystery Photo stands in ruins, and your job is to tell about the ruins and where they are located. Be sure to include your name and address when you send to elliott@brack.net.

The Mystery Photo in the last edition drew several responses, including several incorrect ones.  (No, it was not Watson Mill Bridge.) The photo came from Brian Brown of Fitzgerald and his Vanishing Georgia photographic library. 

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by · June 7, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: No lighthouse, but how about another covered bridge?

MYSTERY PHOTO: No lighthouse, but how about another covered bridge?

As much as we like featuring lighthouses, covered bridges are also a favorite. Here’s another. Now, where is it?  Send us your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.

Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill, was first in with identifying the recent Mystery Photo. She wrote: “This is the Daniel K. Inouye Kilauea Point Lighthouse at the Kaua’i National Wildlife Refuge on the north shore of Kaua’i, Hawaii.”

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by · June 3, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s another lighthouse for you to identify

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s another lighthouse for you to identify

Yep, today’s mystery Photo is another lighthouse, though not a very tall one. One guy told us recently that perhaps one day we’ll use all the lighthouses in the United States alone.  That may not be possible, for there are about 700 of them. Send in a photo of your favorite, and we’ll probably use it next. By the way, we get few photos of lighthouses in other countries. Send a guess of where today’s lighthouse is located to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

The last Mystery Photo was recognized by several people. First in was Billy Chism of Toccoa: “It’s a beautiful structure in Prospect Park in Brooklyn.”

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by · May 31, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Try to identify this classical, handsome building

MYSTERY PHOTO: Try to identify this classical, handsome building

Today’s mystery is a classical and handsome old building.  Now can you identify just where this Mystery Photo is located?  Send your guess to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown. 

Talk about a difficult photo!  Yes, the last Mystery photo must have been hard, for only one reader, George Graf of Palmyra, Va., was able to deduce where it was located.  The photograph came from Bill Baughman of Snellville, who by the way, has been under the weather and is in rehab, we understand, after taking a fall.

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by · May 27, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Low-light photo has a story behind it

MYSTERY PHOTO: Low-light photo has a story behind it

Today’s Mystery Photo we would rate as especially difficult. First, it’s not a high quality photo, and on top of that, it’s dark, to emphasize the decorations. But it is of some historic significance. See if you can determine where this was taken, and give some background about the photo.  Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown. Several readers quickly recognized the recent and distinctive Mystery Photo.  Holly Moore of Suwanee wrote: “This is The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala.

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by · May 24, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out this most distinctive photograph

MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out this most distinctive photograph

Today’s mystery is a distinctive photograph that may have startled many of you. We’ve never seen anything like this.  So where is it?  Send your guess to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.

What we thought the last Mystery Photo  was pretty obvious  and tried to throw our readers off with our introduction.

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by · May 20, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Steady as she goes; don’t jump to conclusion of this mystery

MYSTERY PHOTO: Steady as she goes; don’t jump to conclusion of this mystery

All we can say about this Mystery Photo today is don’t jump to a quick conclusion. Things may not be as they seem,  Send your thoughts on today’s photo to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

Four readers recognized the most recent mystery. Lou Camerio of Lilburn told us it was at the town of Bucksport, Maine, “….taken from the Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory. The highest bridge observatory in the world. It is very near to Fort Knox, Not the one with the “gold.”

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by · May 17, 2022 · Mystery photos
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