When the same image appears in our Pinterest feed multiple times in one day, our curiosity is piqued and we need to know the story behind it. This irresistible rooftop garden kept popping up, so I dug around the Internet to find the source.
Sleuthing, step 1. A reverse image search led back to a number websites in Greece, the first clue. I learned the rooftop is in Patras, Greece on the corner of Filopoimenos and Riga Ferraiou streets, to be exact.
Almost every website that posted the photo linked back to Spitoskylo, a popular Greek website for design and home decor. And Spitoskylo turned out to be the original Internet source for the photo.
With a little Google translating, I learned that the structure in the photo is located on a street of abandoned buildings. I also discovered that a reader sent this photo to Spitoskylo in April of 2012 and two years later, the image remains a Pinterest regular.
Photographs courtesy of Spitoskylo.
Above: What we like about this setting is how polarizing it is. How can there be such a lush garden atop a forgotten building? And who has the dedication to tend to all this greenery?
Above: The graffiti on the walls gives good insight into what the rest of the urban environment must look like.
Is there an image that keeps finding its way into your Pinterest feed? Curious about the origin? Let us know in the comments section below and it might make it in our next installment of You Pin It, We ID It.
Michelle uncovers another Pinterest mystery in You Pin It, We ID It: A Kitchen Table Bouquet. And have a look at how Diane Keaton discovered the inspiration sharing network in How I Learned to Love Pinterest.
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