Questions tagged [identify-this]
Finding the name of some place, food, monument, or other travel-related thing.
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Where is this tower, likely photographed in Belgium about 100 years ago?
This photograph is labelled as "restoration of a Belgian tower" and taken between 1920 and 1930, although both pieces of information might be wrong. However, it must have been taken before ...
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How to get to Mythbusters' duct tape island
After watching the Duct tape island episode of the MythBusters show I was totally in love with that uninhabited island. They say it is in Hawaii but no more details.
Whats the name of that island? ...
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Identifing city (and buildings) below Mount Fuji
I have just received a paper folder for some documents, which has this beautiful photo in the back:
I assume, this is Mount Fuji. Can you help me identify city, that lays below (and it is pictured ...
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Where was this picture taken (screensaver on LG Oled TV)?
Can someone please tell me where this picture was taken?
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What are these large, empty towers made of connected metal girders, bars or pipes in London?
I saw one on the Greenwich Peninsula next to the O2 and another one while leaving Paddington towards Slough.
Courtesy: urban75.org
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What facility was our bus blocked from observing in northern Iran?
Recently on a bus trip from Rasht, Iran, to Tehran, Iran, the driver's assistant came down the bus aisle, ordering all the curtains closed on one side, and for a few minutes we were actually forbidden ...
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What is this strange almost symmetrical location in Nevada?
We were looking at this and trying to establish what it is and if it's something interesting to travel to. However it looks like some crop circle-style icons south east of it, and evidence of ...
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What do the additional numbers on the side of houses in Rome stand for?
In Rome, many houses have large numbers. For example, 3187 as on photo. It is obviously not the post address of the house but something else.
What do they mean? Is it a number in some catalogue?
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Is the Sea of Stars real?
I fairly frequently see pictures online of this semi-mythical glittering beach in the Maldives. However I can't find any accounts of people having actually visited it and reported on how it was.
Can ...
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Where was this picture taken in 1932?
This picture was taken about 1932 in central Europe - probably in Czechoslovakia, maybe in Budweis.
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Where are these old Yugoslavian monuments?
I came across a list of old Yugoslavian monuments that look quite interesting. Actually, I already saw the one in Podgarić and it was really impressive. Now I wanted to locate the rest of them, but ...
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Where is this fountain (from Counter-Strike)?
The T-Spawn of the counter strike map de_inferno is based on a real place. Where is this fountain?
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What are these "balls" that we found in Uruguay?
We found a bunch of these balls across "Rio del Plata" in Montevideo or in the coast of Uruguay (Punta del Este).
There is a liquid in the ball. Also, it has a soft skin.
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Identify a WWII-time building in Belgium
Can someone help me identify a building in the background of this old photo (or at least a geographic location of this place, if this building does not exist anymore):
All I know, is that this ...
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Identify location of old painting
I received an old painting and wonder if it depicts a real place. The person I received the painting from, is from Germany (but unavailable for questions). However, the painting could very well be ...
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Help identifying this landmark and road in "Los Angeles 1940s, Residential Area in color"
The NASS video Los Angeles 1940s, Residential Area in color [60fps, Remastered] w/added sound is a processed version of this archived footage.
Starting at about 02:18 a movie camera points backwards ...
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Does this monument depict Koxinga?
The large horse rider monument located in Quanzhou, China here: Google Maps
Is this monument depicting Koxinga or someone else?
Can't find wiki articles or something in English.
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Where is this building?
It's possible it's in St Petersbourg but I do not know and I do not have a higher resolution picture. Question originally from http://www.gyakorikerdesek.hu/utazas__egyeb-kerdesek__7933933-felismeri-...
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Where is this flag from? [closed]
I can't find what flag is between the Netherlands and Germany on this worldmap:
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/album195/adl.jpg
It is yellow with a (light) blue cross. There seems to ...
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Where's this landscape with a stream and rocks in Canada, from TourRadar's Canada Video?
Source: 10 mins 21 s juncture.