# Where Was This Picture Taken? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344 "2013-03-08T03:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/201 "2013-03-13T21:02:47Z")
Posting hints. [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://imageshack.us/f/707/98774561.jpg/:) this large crowd is watching a parade. [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://imageshack.us/f/46/25476331.jpg/:) about 50 miles west of above. [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://imageshack.us/f/803/6777.jpg/:) Chicago area, about 1000 miles north of the above two. ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/202 "2013-03-14T00:20:51Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Posting hints. > [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://imageshack.us/f/707/98774561.jpg/:) this large crowd is watching a parade. Mardi Gras? > [@](#): > > [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://imageshack.us/f/46/25476331.jpg/:) about 50 miles west of above. Baton Rouge, LA? I gander to say its a plantation, but since Baton Rouge is plantation country, its hard to pick one. > [@](#): > > [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://imageshack.us/f/803/6777.jpg/:) Chicago area, about 1000 miles north of the above two. Like, Arlington Heights or Rockford? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/203 "2013-03-14T00:27:18Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > Mardi Gras? Right! > [@](#): > > Baton Rouge, LA? I gander to say its a plantation, but since Baton Rouge is plantation country, its hard to pick one. Pick a famous one. šŸ˜‰ > [@](#): > > Like, Arlington Heights or Rockford? Arlington Heights is close. Think further north. ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/204 "2013-03-14T00:27:42Z")
I was going to say that it seems to be an amusement park, but it looks too dinky to be the famous White City. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/205 "2013-03-14T00:29:14Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > I was going to say that it seems to be an amusement park It is. ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/206 "2013-03-14T00:29:30Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Right!Pick a famous one. ;)Arlington Heights is close. Think further north. Thereā€™s Nottoway I can come up with one plantation name ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/207 "2013-03-14T00:31:03Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > Thereā€™s Nottoway I can come up with one plantation name It was once used as a vampireā€™s home. ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/208 "2013-03-14T00:34:19Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > It was once used as a vampireā€™s home. I loved Kirsten Dunst in that movie. [Oak Alley](http://www.batonrougeliving.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oak-alley-plantation-01.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/209 "2013-03-14T00:35:23Z")
Someone take a stab at my seat oneā€¦Or should I sayā€¦a shotā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/210 "2013-03-14T00:36:39Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Posting hints. > [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://imageshack.us/f/707/98774561.jpg/:) this large crowd is watching a parade. New Orleans? > [@](#): > > [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://imageshack.us/f/46/25476331.jpg/:) about 50 miles west of above. Which would make that some kind of Louisiana plantation house? Er, OK, so none of those posts were there when I started that one! Thatā€™ll teach me to go and make coffee while I Google! > [@Oedipus](#): > > Someone take a stab at my seat oneā€¦Or should I sayā€¦a shotā€¦ **Oedipus** , I was going to say Lincoln Theater but the pics I could find didnā€™t look right. That would be because it is called Fordā€™s Theatre! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/211 "2013-03-14T00:37:53Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > [Oak Alley](http://www.batonrougeliving.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oak-alley-plantation-01.jpg) From the rear. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/212 "2013-03-14T00:38:07Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > New Orleans? > Which would make that some kind of Louisiana plantation house? > Er, OK, so none of those posts were there when I started that one! Thatā€™ll teach me to go and make coffee while I Google! Posts 203 and 208 šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/213 "2013-03-14T01:01:26Z")
I got some Korean madness here. [75](http://i.imgur.com/af8U8M6.jpg) [76](http://i.imgur.com/NoyfpDr.jpg) [77 (shout out to the dirty south and KK!)](http://i.imgur.com/xmqxDzQ.jpg) and bonus that shouldnā€™t be hard at all, but very fun all the same: [78](http://i.imgur.com/bgpHa0p.jpg) Try and get that chair one though! Same area as the Rainbow pool! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/214 "2013-03-14T01:45:05Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > Try and get that chair one though! Same area as the Rainbow pool! Was Fordā€™s Theatre not right? ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/215 "2013-03-14T01:59:48Z")
I didnā€™t see itā€¦darnā€¦yea, Fordā€™s Theatre ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/216 "2013-03-14T03:20:14Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Number 62 is in Penang, Malaysia, according to the all-seeing Google. > [@ShibbOleth](#): > > That is correct, itā€™s a temple in the Indian section of Georgetown, Penang. Ah ha! I have visited that one then. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/217 "2013-03-14T13:24:32Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://imageshack.us/f/803/6777.jpg/:) Chicago area, about 1000 miles north of the above two. In that case, Six Flags Great America in Gurnee? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/218 "2013-03-14T13:33:08Z")
Two of mine that still havenā€™t been solved, unless I missed them: 66: [http://i46.tinypic.com/6fv7r4.jpg](http://i46.tinypic.com/6fv7r4.jpg) 76: [http://i47.tinypic.com/4ifw1y.jpg](http://i47.tinypic.com/4ifw1y.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/219 "2013-03-14T13:44:17Z")
Some of the numbers seem to have been duplicated, but letā€™s call this one 79: [http://i48.tinypic.com/2wlu0qe.jpg](http://i48.tinypic.com/2wlu0qe.jpg) (Iā€™ve tried to keep the size large enough to read the signs - click on it then ā€œview raw imageā€ for the largest version) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/220 "2013-03-14T13:54:49Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > 66: [http://i46.tinypic.com/6fv7r4.jpg](http://i46.tinypic.com/6fv7r4.jpg) My first and perhaps too obvious guess is Santorini. I canā€™t find an exact match for the hillside, though, and the kids donā€™t look Greek, so I suspect it may be a copycat place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344.md?page=12)