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MYSTERY PHOTO: When is a lighthouse not a lighthouse?

MYSTERY PHOTO: When is a lighthouse not a lighthouse?

OK, let’s round out 2022 with a question for you: when is a lighthouse not a lighthouse, as in this edition’s Mystery Photo.  This one comes from a reader, and poses this question. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown. 

Sara Rawlins of Lawrenceville recognized the recent Mystery Photo: “Aha, a place I actually visited. It’s the back side of the Swan Coach  House in Atlanta. In fact, you go through the Swan Coach House gift shop to get to the restaurant and out through some patio doors to the garden outside. 

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by · December 23, 2022 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Obvious clues might lead to your identifying this mystery

MYSTERY PHOTO: Obvious clues might lead to your identifying this mystery

Some readers may have been in today’s Mystery Photo building. There are a few hints that could lead you to identify the photo.  Send your ideas of where this was taken to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

Virginia Klaer of Duluth quickly recognized the last Mystery.  “That’s the lighthouse called Esopus Meadows in the Hudson River in Esopus, N.Y.

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by · September 16, 2022 · Mystery photos
Photo by Andy Brack

MYSTERY PHOTO: This lighthouse seeks to extend your imagination

Yep, another lighthouse for today’s mystery. This time you should extend your imagination of where this particular lighthouse might be. Let’s see if this mystery is difficult for our readers. Send your guess to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.

Perhaps many of our readers haven’t been to Buford lately. For that is the location of last week’s Mystery Photo.  George Graf of Palmyra, Va. pinpointed it: “This is the Stonehedge Garden Club’s Daylily Sculpture,…

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by · August 2, 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: 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: 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: Today’s Mystery Photo may prove to be most difficult

MYSTERY: Today’s Mystery Photo may prove to be most difficult

Today’s Mystery Photo we’ll label as difficult, for this photo is not on the Internet as such, and there are few, if any, distinguishing marks.  So, it may be a hard puzzle to solve. If you think you have solved it, send your answers to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to list your hometown. 

The last Mystery Photo was relatively easy, as several people recognized it. The photograph came from Lawrence Woodard of Lawrenceville.  George Graf of Palmyra, Va. wrote: “Cape Neddick Light is a lighthouse in Cape Neddick,

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by · December 3, 2021 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Test yourself on yet another lighthouse

MYSTERY PHOTO: Test yourself on yet another lighthouse

Today we’re back with another lighthouse. Don’t you wonder if someday we’ll actually run out of lighthouses to depict?  Tell us where you think this lighthouse is located. Send your answers to elliottt@brack.net, and include your hometown.

And remember: we always need more Mystery Photos. We’re about out. Send in your choice today.

The only person identifying the most recent Mystery Photo was Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. 

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by · November 30, 2021 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY: Another lighthouse for you to identify

MYSTERY: Another lighthouse for you to identify

Several times The Mystery Photo has been lighthouses. This edition here’s another lighthouse to identify. See if there’s anything in this photo that points you to its locality. As usual, send your guess to Elliott@brack.net and be sure to tell us where you live.

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by · February 16, 2016 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY: Only 1 recognized bridge taken from shore bollards

MYSTERY: Only 1 recognized bridge taken from shore bollards

The United States for ages has built lighthouses to guide ships away from the shores, and into harbors. This lighthouse photo may give you a clue to where it is located. Now, it’s your turn to tell us where this lighthouse is located. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

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by · September 22, 2015 · Mystery photos
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