Mystery photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Plenty of clues await you in today’s mystery

MYSTERY PHOTO: Plenty of clues await you in today’s mystery

The water, the town along a beach, the mountains…all ought to be clues to today’s Mystery Photo. Figure out where this photograph was taken, and send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, to include your hometown.

Only our two super sleuths, George Graf of Palmyra, Va., and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. gave solutions to the last Mystery Photo.  The photograph came via Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill. 

Graf writes “This is a sculpture of an ancient Greek mermaid, located on a sea jetty in the city of Gythio, Greece. 

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by · May 13, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Test your chances on this unusual photograph 

MYSTERY PHOTO: Test your chances on this unusual photograph 

Here’s an unusual photo. See if you can figure out what this is, and where it’s located. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.

The last Mystery Photo identification came from George Graf of Palmyra, Va., who recognized the statue of the Marquis de Lafayette on the campus of Lafayette College in Easton, Penn.

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by · May 10, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Don’t search in metro areas for this photograph

MYSTERY PHOTO: Don’t search in metro areas for this photograph

You won’t find this statue in a metropolitan area. You’ll have to search elsewhere. Try your luck and when you know where this photograph was taken, send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

The last Mystery Photo came from Sandy and Rick  Krause of Lilburn. George Graf of Palmyra, Va. tells us it is “The Partnership Sculpture, Artesia, N.M.  

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by · May 6, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Indoor scene has big clues staring you in the face

MYSTERY PHOTO: Indoor scene has big clues staring you in the face

Today’s Mystery Photo will either hit you in the eye and you will spot it quickly, or it will confuse you. Take a crack at telling us about what this photo is, and what it means, and where it is. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.

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by · April 28, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s another beautiful seacoast sunrise; Where is it?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s another beautiful seacoast sunrise; Where is it?

Besides lighthouses, the seacoast provides beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Here’s one, we won’t say which.  But figure it out and you’ve solved this Mystery Photo. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and provide your hometown.

There were few clues to the last Mystery Photo, as Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. wrote: “The presence of the yellow tulips in the flower pot was a great clue! It immediately brought to mind that no single place in the USA has more tulips than Gibbs Gardens in Ball Ground, Georgia. 

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by · April 26, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this beautiful pot of flowers located?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this beautiful pot of flowers located?

Yes, it’s spring, and flowers are blooming everywhere. Can you identify where this giant flower pot full of flowers is located. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

It appeared at first we had conflicting answers to the last Mystery Photo….

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by · April 22, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Looks like something you want to avoid, if real

MYSTERY PHOTO: Looks like something you want to avoid, if real

Wow! Look at the size of this creature!  Looks like it is big enough to eat someone alive! Ever seen it before? Can you tell us where it resides (so that we can avoid that area?)  Figure all this out and send your guess to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.

The recent Mystery Photo was easily spotted by several people. Bob Foreman of Grayson sent in: “The photo is of Lake Como in northern Italy, very near Switzerland. 

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by · April 19, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Try your luck in identifying this beautiful scene

MYSTERY PHOTO: Try your luck in identifying this beautiful scene

Isn’t this a beautiful scene? Wouldn’t it be nice to be at this place, and enjoy the scenery of the water and the mountains. No doubt you would also enjoy the good food and the hospitality of the locals. But where is it?  Send your ideas along and include your hometown. Send to elliott@brack.net.

Lou Camerio of Lilburn was first to recognize “….the Au Sable Light Station on Lake Superior near Grand Marais, Michigan.

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by · April 15, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Time to figure out where another lighthouse is located

MYSTERY PHOTO: Time to figure out where another lighthouse is located

Yep, we like lighthouse photographs. It’s time to locate another lighthouse. Figure out where this one is located and send your answer to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown. Question: how long do you think it will take GwinnettForum to picture all the lighthouses in the USA?

Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. provided an answer to the recent Mystery Photo.  He writes: “This mystery photo is of a row of medieval, half-timbered cottages in a former fishermen’s district, now known as Klein-Venedig (German for ‘Little Venice’), on Bamberg’s Island City along the banks of the Regnitz River.

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by · April 12, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps these buildings can give you a clue

MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps these buildings can give you a clue

This edition’s Mystery Photo has few distinguishing clues, and features a town with prosperous  buildings. Try to figure out where this photograph was taken. Send your answers to ellott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

Fran Worrall of Lawrenceville nailed the last Mystery Photo. She writes: “It’s Whites Chapel AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Church, located in Haralson County, Ga., near Tallapoosa.

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by · April 8, 2022 · Mystery photos
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