Check out these rocks. Some say they look like people. Your job is to pinpoint where these rocks are located. Send your idea to ebrack2@gnmail.com and include your hometown.
And help! We need more Mystery Photos. Look in your files for bright, snappy and artful photographs, and send us a copy for future use.
The last mystery was spotted by Jay Altman of Columbia S.C. “It is The photo came from Rick Krause of Lilburn. Altman wrote: “This the Rookery Building in Chicago. Ill. Completed in 1888 by architects Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root, it is considered the oldest standing high-rise building in the city.
The building is a hybrid structure featuring masonry exterior walls and a steel frame interior, representing a significant transition in early skyscraper design. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was remodeled by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905.”
Also recognizing the photo were Buck Lindsay, Lawrenceville; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; James Lee, Duluth; Stewart Ogilvie, Reheboth, Ala.; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, who wrote: “With its dark reddish-brown hue, massive rough-faced granite, and deep Romanesque arches at the entryways, its design is a prime example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It was a popular style choice for commercial buildings in Boston, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia in the late 19th century.
“Although the building’s exterior was designed to exude a theme of power, strength, and stability, step inside the main entrance and a totally different ‘vibe’ presents itself. This is thanks to a major 1905 remake of the lobby by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959). Wright re-imagined the entrance by covering the dark wrought-iron columns with white Carrara marble, removing bulky 19th-century ornaments and creating an open and “airy” space, brightening up the walls and ceiling by adding white-glazed brick to the upper atrium, and adding bronze, prismatic glass chandeliers to diffuse and scatter the light more effectively throughout the lobby.”
- Share a Mystery Photo: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Click here to send an email and please mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
