# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/141 "2013-03-12T20:40:11Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Nobody has guessed [this one](http://oi46.tinypic.com/2dvmzpl.jpg) that I posted yet. More of a general city view rather than a specific building but not sure if that makes it easier or harder! It looks a lot like Vilnius, but those minarets seem out of place. šŸ˜• Never mind, I see itā€™s Sarajevo. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/142 "2013-03-12T20:44:41Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Why cheat? I recognized it immediately, even though I was last there in 1976. šŸ†’ Itā€™s a turn of phrase, I wasnā€™t the first to use Google, and itā€™s not against the rules. I already called that one out as Sarajevo. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/143 "2013-03-12T20:46:14Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Nobody has guessed [this one](http://oi46.tinypic.com/2dvmzpl.jpg) that I posted yet. More of a general city view rather than a specific building but not sure if that makes it easier or harder! Sarajevo? Damn, a bit too slow on that. I had it as Bosnia, but wasnā€™t sure of the city. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/144 "2013-03-12T20:46:53Z")
Nobody has had a crack at [number 60](http://oi47.tinypic.com/350otog.jpg) yet. Clue: it is the highest mountain in the country. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/145 "2013-03-12T20:49:33Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Nobody has had a crack at [number 60](http://oi47.tinypic.com/350otog.jpg) yet. > > Clue: it is the highest mountain in the country. Wild guess: Aconcagua? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/146 "2013-03-12T20:51:30Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Amsterdam? Colder. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/147 "2013-03-12T20:52:42Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Wild guess: Aconcagua? Nope. Quite a long way from there. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/148 "2013-03-12T21:00:16Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I have managed to wrangle Google into giving me [this!](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Baden_Springs_Hotel_dome_at_dawn.jpg) > > The [West Baden Springs Hotel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Baden_Springs_Hotel) in Indiana. That one was bugging me. Itā€™s a magical place. Hereā€™s a picture of the interior, with the rooms overlooking the dome area: [http://i.imgur.com/KuoeMZC.jpg](http://imgur.com/KuoeMZC) Itā€™s adjacent to French Link, Ind., which also has a big nice hotel (and casino) but itā€™s not nearly as eye-popping as West Baden. **terentii** , that shot is Chinatown in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/149 "2013-03-12T21:05:34Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > **terentii** , that shot is Chinatown in NYC. Does look like Toronto, though. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/150 "2013-03-12T21:12:19Z")
One more to be going on with, cos I like the colours: 66: [http://i46.tinypic.com/6fv7r4.jpg](http://i46.tinypic.com/6fv7r4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/151 "2013-03-12T21:13:55Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Itā€™s a magical place. Hereā€™s a picture of the interior, with the rooms overlooking the dome area: > [http://i.imgur.com/KuoeMZC.jpg](http://imgur.com/KuoeMZC) > > Itā€™s adjacent to French Link, Ind., which also has a big nice hotel (and casino) but itā€™s not nearly as eye-popping as West Baden. Iā€™m bummed I didnā€™t get that one because I remember reading about it. I googled ā€œhotel dome restorationā€ and apparently didnā€™t look down the list far enough! ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/152 "2013-03-12T21:20:02Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Nobody has had a crack at [number 60](http://oi47.tinypic.com/350otog.jpg) yet. > > Clue: it is the highest mountain in the country. Oh, I missed that one, itā€™s Aoraki/Mt Cook ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/153 "2013-03-12T21:21:41Z")
This oneā€™s still open. Hint: in the Pacific Ocean somewhere. 36 [http://i.imgur.com/HxTSmxg.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/HxTSmxg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/154 "2013-03-12T21:38:05Z")
Thereā€™s only been one guess for > [@Filbert](#): > > 47: [https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207657\_4315076897\_1283\_n.jpg](https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207657_4315076897_1283_n.jpg) > [@Colophon](#): > > Best guess for 47 is the French or Italian riviera, but it sould equally be a pastiche somewhere else. And itā€™s miles out. However you got Pultney Bridge faster than I would have, and I live basically down the road šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/155 "2013-03-12T21:39:20Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > This oneā€™s still open. Hint: in the Pacific Ocean somewhere. > > 36 [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/HxTSmxg.jpg) With that clue, I found it. Itā€™s the Government House in Papeete, Tahiti. (I figured it was probably a government building, so Googled Fiji government, Samoa, Tonga (which has quite a similar looking palace), and then hit on Tahiti.) **Filbert** , yes, 60 is Mt Cook. No 47 has me stumped. I tried to identify that statue/monument with the sailing ship on top, but no joy. It looks like a nice spot, wherever it is. šŸ™‚ 52 is also still open: [http://i50.tinypic.com/hx6h37.jpg](http://i50.tinypic.com/hx6h37.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/156 "2013-03-12T22:08:25Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > 52 is also still open: [http://i50.tinypic.com/hx6h37.jpg](http://i50.tinypic.com/hx6h37.jpg) Sete, France? (Yay for googlefu!) ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/157 "2013-03-12T22:18:36Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Sete, France? > > (Yay for googlefu!) Iā€™m not seeing that tower in any images of Sete, but the boat registration numbers look correct. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/158 "2013-03-12T22:19:49Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Sete, France? > > (Yay for googlefu!) Googlefail, in this instance! šŸ˜› Itā€™s not in France. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/159 "2013-03-12T22:25:59Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Googlefail, in this instance! šŸ˜› > > Itā€™s not in France. Can I narrow it down to the Spanish or Italian Riviera? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/160 "2013-03-12T22:27:25Z")
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