Questions tagged [identify-this]
Finding the name of some place, food, monument, or other travel-related thing.
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Can you help me identify this location from 1918?
My great uncle was in WWI and I found this photo in his things. It feels like the group is shipping out and it is a pier, but it could be another area. Can anyone tell me the location based on the ...
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Where is this lookout?
I keep seeing this ad on TV, and I want to hike to this lookout. As the company is based in Canada, the lookout is probably also in Canada. I have nothing to do with the company - no affiliation.
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Where's this road in front of mountains, near Joseph Oregon?
I took this pic around Joseph, Oregon, USA - but can't remember exactly where. Can someone please geolocate this on google maps?
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Where is this road with a city in the background?
I recently came across a version of this image on a LinkedIn post about software development. After googling the image I found it in a few articles about telecommunications in Greece and advertisement ...
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Is this scene in Morocco?
Google Lens identifies this scene as Marrakesh, but ChatGPT places it in Casablanca. Obviously the Atlas Mountains are in the background, but are they too close for it to be Casablanca? Is it in a ...
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Identify a mural in Novi Sad of a bearded man and a blue-colored bird
Who is the subject of this mural at Novosadskog sajma in Novi Sad?
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Where is this scene of buildings and trees near a river and bridge?
I have a watercolor sketch/ painting my dad made and would like to know the location in the drawing. Can someone tell me the location?
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What is this mysterious bar in my hotel shower?
I'm staying at a rather nice hotel and the enormous shower has a diagonal bar (pictured below) in one corner, about one foot in length and mounted about a foot off the floor.
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Place with signs in Chinese & Arabic
A video about muslims had lots of still images presumably of muslims in different places. One of them was people on a bus that had sign in Chinese and Arabic. No other languages visible. The sign ...
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Any idea of the location of this painting? [closed]
Very old painting no idea where this is if anyone has ideas please share!!
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Name this church in the moscow region, please
Can somebody identify that church in the moscow region please.
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What is this tower in Bonn opposite Bundeshäuschen?
Can't find anything for this on the net.
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What is the purpose of the black hose and blue tube sticking out of this culvert in Norway?
While cycling along county road 2176 along the Trysil river in Central Norway, I noticed that most/many culverts had a black hose and a blue tube sticking out of them, such as in this photo:
What is ...
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Where is this Google Meet backdrop?
Apparently it's called "Home Office by the Bay", and a colleague and I are wondering where it's taken (or if it's AI generated).
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What is the mountain lake in this photo? [closed]
I found this picture in a garbage bin, and felt like wanting to go there, but I have no idea how to.
Does it ring a bell to anyone?
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Which city is shown on this Windows lock screen wallpaper?
Can you please tell me, which city is shown on this Windows lock screen wallpaper (suggestion Netherlands, but not Amsterdam, or Dutch part of Belgium, probably Bruges?)
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What German village is this on the Rhine River?
I bought this painting, which is supposedly of a German village on the Rhine called Clouds Above the Rhine and I was wondering if anyone knew what city it is.
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What activity does this "don't do this in a Thai taxi" image refer to?
The recent question Do taxi colors matter in Thailand? links to Amazing Planet's March 14, 2014 Bangkok’s Multi-Colored Taxis which includes a reproduction of the image shown and credited below.
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Identify location of painting
I am trying to identify the location of a 1939 painting by Kurt Leyde. He painted this near the end of his life (d. 1941) and was born and died in Berlin. Apart from that, I don’t have much history on ...
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What is the name of this Greek type monument?
I found these monument on the lock screen of Windows 10:
What is the name of this type of Greek monument?
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Where is this Hockley Valley, in Ontario?
I emailed Mono Cliffs Provincial Park whether I could have taken this picture there. But they replied no, this definitely ISN'T their park. To them, this picture looks like Hockley Valley, but they ...
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What is the name of this town shown on the lock screen of Windows 10?
I found these buildings on the lock screen of Windows 10:
What's the name of this scenery ?
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Where was this Cisco photo taken?
The following photograph is from the Cisco TelePresence system. I assume it's not AI-generated, since it has been around for more than 10 years already (AI only became so good fairly recently). It ...
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What is the name of this headland?
I found this headland scenery on the login screen of Windows 10:
What's the name of this headland?
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What's the name of this fjords scenery?
I found this fjords scenery during the login screen of Windows 10:
What's the name of this fjords scenery ?
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What's the name of this waterfall?
I found this waterfall scenery during the login screen of Windows 10:
What's the name of this waterfall ?
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High mountains surrounding lake in Africa, Nigeria. Similar to Spirit Island in Jasper National Park in Canada [closed]
I am writing a book where I must place a story on an island quite exactly the same as Spirit Island on Lake Maligne, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada:
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Where was this photo overlooking a valley taken?
This picture was taken from a group on WhatsApp.
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Where is this scenery (in New Zealand)?
A friend's family house has this image. They're pretty sure it's a mountain scene in New Zealand. Best bet currently is Mitre Peak but the lines of the mountain seem reversed...
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Can anyone identify this hotel in Osaka?
Long shot, but can any one identify this hotel in Osaka. In fact "filmed" in 1997.
Conceivably the sign across the road helps. (I pasted in a blow-up of it.)
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Water fountain in Europe with jagged sculpture
Does anyone recognize this water fountain in Europe? Best guess is Romania, could be wrong.
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Where was this photo taken - eagle and waterfall wallpaper photo? [closed]
My Mac comes with this photo as a sample wallpaper. I believe the photo is called "Lone Eagle."
Where was this photo taken? Thanks!
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Where did I take this picture in Similkameen Valley in 2010?
Can you identify this windy trail please on a mountain slope? I remember driving a motor vehicle. I do not remember hiking up a mountain to take this picture, in Similkameen Valley B.C. in May 2010.
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Where in China is this recreation of Paris and the Eiffel tower (as seen in Jamie xx's Gosh video) and what is it like today?
The October 4, 2016 music video Gosh by Jamie xx was shot in a recreation of recognizable Paris buildings and sights, including a very large model of the Eiffel Tower. Scenes in the video show that at ...
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Where is this park in Montreal, with autumn color trees and pond?
I found this picture in a folder with photos of our trip to Montreal, Quebec. But we cannot remember where this was taken?
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Where was this neon sign of a dragon displayed in Los Angeles in the 1990s? Is it still there now?
Google's AI suggested the video Sub37 - Meeting in the Woods which consists of clips from the 1998 film You Can't Hurry Love (IMDB and Wikipedia)
It includes a shot of a neon sign of a dragon that ...
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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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What is the meaning of these blue crosses (x-like) in eastern Brandenburg?
I've been traveling by bike in eastern Brandenburg, Germany and have encountered at least 4 of those. My guess that it was somehow connected to camping or maybe boats? Couldn't find anything online, ...
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What is the Turkish village shown in this video?
People Living in the Village - Village Documentary
I can guess that this is a village in Turkey.
But, I want to know the exact location.
Can anyone tell me where this place is?
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Identify the city from a Microsoft Teams meeting's background
I was quite amazed of the image that appears in the back of my speaker on Microsoft Teams. Any chance to identify this city (actually skyline) or maybe even shooting location?
I know that the quality ...
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Where in Central Park was the photo "Child with a Toy Hand Grenade" taken?
Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C. 1962, is a rather famous photo by Diane Arbus:
I came across this photo while reading about the background to the song "Teach Your Children,&...
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What is this contraption?
Below is a screenshot captured from a Google Street View scene.
The scene shows a travellers' camp in Norfolk county in the The United Kingdom. It contains a mixture of the old and the new: a bowtop ...
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Photograph allegedly from Barcelona in 1987
This image has been bothering me for years. It has been in Wikimedia Commons since 2014 named "Barcelona Ramblas.jpg" and described as taken in 1987, but I'm sure it's not the Rambles and I ...
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Where is the cityscape in this recent photo, probably in Malaysia? [closed]
My friend has recently visited Malaysia and sent me this photo. They do not know where exactly it is, but has given the following details:
photo was recently taken (within past year)
it is near a ...
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Where (in Germany) is the landscape behind this newsreader, with a gazebo on a small, lush steep hill surrounded by higher, broader forested hills?
When the German tagesschau evening news on the public broadcaster Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) announce the upcoming weather ...
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Where this row of frozen trees is placed?
I'd fancy to visit the place portrayed in the photo above. What is the name of the city in the background??
The original of the above image (at least in my PC) is placed at
/mnt/windows/Windows/Web/...
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Where are these cliffs?
Does anyone knows where are these cliffs from the photo below?
All the information I have is that the photo is from YouTube Video Tom Misch - The Journey and that at the bottom of the video is written ...
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Where was this music video with a dramatically lit bridge filmed?
I have been trying to figure out for quite a while where a certain music video was taken from. It is not a typical video as it is showing a time lapse from a metro. Here are a few screenshots I ...
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Where did the Hungarian PM travel to & take this picture?
The Hungarian PM decided to upload this image to his Facebook:
From other news, I know he is in italy. I am interested in the specific location. Could you help?
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What is the name of this small town in Italy somewhere outside of Rome?
Twenty-odd years ago, my wife and son and I were lost in the Italian countryside somewhere between Rome and Venice (not a bad thing except we were low on gas) and we stumbled on a beautiful tiny town ...