The Michigan Mystery Write-up

Starting info

For this CtF we only have the image to start with. I initially assumed that the location would be in Michigan, but the prompt doesn't actually indicate that the location has to be in Michigan.

Write-up

This was a quick CtF. I started with a reverse image search on Google Lens and most of the results were images of the Glen Eyrie castle in Colorado Springs. It was hard to tell at first if the image was actually taken from the Glen Eyrie castle since there's only a small corner of the balcony in the shot, but one of the results was of a small stone bridge that looked similar to the one in the image. The rock formations in the distance behind the bridge also looked similar. <a href=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830021753/https://www.westsidepioneer.com/Articles/050415/NavigatorsFloodControl.html">The result led to this article.</a>

I was right and this was the place in the picture.
Password: glen_eyrie_castle

Tools used

• Google Maps