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Mystery Monday: look out below!

Where did we take this overhead view? This will be a tough one if you haven't been to the campus in a while, but the 40,000 or so people who've... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 2 2024 10:50am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: relic

We spotted this artifact in an exhibit case far from the campus, but it is Yale-related. Who knows what it is? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 17 2024 10:00pm | 1 comment
Mystery Monday: under the sea

We’re not sure exactly what’s going on in this aquatic-themed stone carving, but we do know where we saw it. Do you? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ‘86 | November 11 2024 04:34am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: where was Sloane?

Before Sloane Physics Lab on Science Hill, there was another building by that name on campus. Where is this carving that commemorates its former... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 14 2024 06:19am | 3 comments
Mystery Monday: Mr. Yuk

One of our editors has been roaming the campus for decades now looking for hidden details in Yale's architecture. Just when he thought he'd seen it... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 23 2024 06:13am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: pattern recognition

On Mondays (when we feel like it), we like to show you a detail from somewhere on campus and let you figure out where it is. Anyone recognize this... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 9 2024 09:49am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: letter perfect

You'll find the letter Y worked into the campus architecture in many different ways. Where did we find this monogrammed brickwork? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 12 2024 12:00am
Mystery Monday: reach for the sky

Yale is a campus of towers, big and small. Where did we spot this octagonal one? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 5 2024 11:46am
Mystery Monday: marvelous mustache

Today's mystery: identify the campus building where we spotted this mustachioed gentleman. Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 22 2024 09:52am
Mystery Monday: memorial monogram

We spotted this stone carving above an arch in Pauli Murray College. Who does it commemorate? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 8 2024 05:40am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: birdman

Where did we find this carving of a sharp-dressed manimal? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 1 2024 09:05am | 1 comment
Mystery Monday: hall of presidents

The Graves-Gilman House at 37 Hillhouse is currently being renovated to provide office and meeting space for the linguistics department, the... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 24 2024 06:40am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: we're not pulling your chain

The chain hoist is a useful implement, to be sure. Where on campus did Yale see fit to celebrate it in stone? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 10 2024 06:51am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: initial thoughts

This one will test your memory of Yale abbreviations: what are the two buildings to which this sign is offering directions? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 3 2024 06:57am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: who gives a hoot?

We've noted before the substantial owl population carved into Yale's architecture. Does anyone know where we spotted this one? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 6 2024 06:47am | 1 comment
Mystery Monday: a good read

Reading period starts this Friday, but this bespectacled scholar is getting a head start. Do you know where on campus we found him? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 22 2024 04:08am
Mystery Monday: for fans of the oriels

Among the buildings that make up today's Yale are dozens that began their lives as private homes—including the 200-year-old dwelling... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 3 2024 10:00pm
Mystery Monday: a date carved in stone

We'd like to say that this stone carving is a tribute to our magazine's founding in 1891, but that would be fake news. Where on campus is this... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 26 2024 05:53am
Mystery Monday: tools of the trade

There is a wealth of outdoor sculpture on Yale’s campus. Where can you find this piece that features bronze casts of common hand tools? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 12 2024 08:41am
Mystery Monday: where eagles dare

Eagles are usually solitary creatures, but this is one of a trio carved on the side of a Yale building. Where is it? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 5 2024 12:44am

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