If you enjoyed our publications on the subreddit What Is This Thing? and the detective work that goes on over there, you'll love this one too.
Called Where Was This Taken?, it's “same-same, but different.”
People come to the online community exclusively to share a picture and ask its members to pinpoint the location where it was snapped. And many do!
From rural coastlines and mountain valleys to busy highways and city squares — they never shy away from a challenge. Must be those GeoGuessr pros!
#21 My Grandfather During Wwii. We Have Letters From His Time In France, But No More Information Is Know About His Possible Location Here
Balthamous: I believe this is it, it's in Marseille, link.
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#22 Taken In The Mid To Late 60s Somewhere In The UK
reclueso: I reckon that might be Carne Beach, Veryan, Cornwall.
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#23 Can Someone Tell Me Where This Cabin Is My Mom Loves The Image And Wants To See It In Person But I Have No Idea Where To Even Look To See If That's Possible
anon: Thailand. Here.
sensuspete: I was gonna say it looks like AI, turns out it's ThAI. Beautiful.
sensuspete: I was gonna say it looks like AI, turns out it's ThAI. Beautiful.
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#24 A Friend Of Mine Had These Old Glass Negatives Passed Down To Him Recently, Anyone Know Where They Were Taken?
domsp79: Looks like Furness Abby.
Birdseeding: Yep, here's the view in the last image more or less exactly.
Birdseeding: Yep, here's the view in the last image more or less exactly.
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#25 What Building Was This Most Likely Taken From? Thanks!
Arch2000: I think it’s a backdrop. It’s a similar height and vantage point from the Empire State Buildjng, but the lack of railings/safety equipment gives it away.
5h4tt3rpr00f:
From the angle to the Empire State (and UN), there are no taller buildings in that direction (World Trade is further South, etc). As others have said, likely a photo from a plane over the Hudson.
5h4tt3rpr00f:
From the angle to the Empire State (and UN), there are no taller buildings in that direction (World Trade is further South, etc). As others have said, likely a photo from a plane over the Hudson.
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#26 A Picture Of My Great Grandfather's Platoon During Wwii. My Grandmother Believes It's Either Somewhere In Germany Or France
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#27 My Grandmother Passed Away Recently, Where Was She In These Photos?
As per the title, grandmother passed away recently and we found these photos where nobody knows where she went. AFAIK, she never left the UK or even had a passport.
I also add two poor AI versions that remove her and do some guesswork to give a better idea of the scene. Reverse image searching didn’t produce any results. I also tried a Google search of UK Lidos for the first photo but it may not be a Lido, but a pond of some sort?
Anyway, appreciate any help anyone can offer!
Own_Situation6300: Lynmouth, just by the Glen Lyn Gorge.
I also add two poor AI versions that remove her and do some guesswork to give a better idea of the scene. Reverse image searching didn’t produce any results. I also tried a Google search of UK Lidos for the first photo but it may not be a Lido, but a pond of some sort?
Anyway, appreciate any help anyone can offer!
Own_Situation6300: Lynmouth, just by the Glen Lyn Gorge.
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#28 My Father Studied In England In The Late 1960s
I think this is in Austria due to the hat on the man on the right, and also because my father had a good friend who married an Austrian and migrated to Austria, so it stands to reason he would have gone to visit his friend at some point.
TheCrookitFigger: Yes view from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, you can see the same view here at 0:57
TheCrookitFigger: Yes view from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, you can see the same view here at 0:57
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#29 Where Was This Photo Taken?
This is my Grandad who used to take my Grandma on holidays to seaside towns in the UK. They were based in Lancashire but I known they made trips to the South Coast, even on the moped!
Grandad was born last 30s making this maybe late 60s early 70s?
All my family are gone now so I've nobody to ask where it was taken ... hoping I can maybe visit and recreate the photo.
Fingers crossed.
Logical-History-36: On the prom at Morecambe. Behind him is Ted’s Grill on the corner of Marine Road West and Albert Road, but sadly it’s not there anymore and it’s now just the Clarendon Hotel car park.
Grandad was born last 30s making this maybe late 60s early 70s?
All my family are gone now so I've nobody to ask where it was taken ... hoping I can maybe visit and recreate the photo.
Fingers crossed.
Logical-History-36: On the prom at Morecambe. Behind him is Ted’s Grill on the corner of Marine Road West and Albert Road, but sadly it’s not there anymore and it’s now just the Clarendon Hotel car park.
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#30 Europe 1950s? Germany?
Weary_apparatchik: Victor Emmanuel Monument in Rome.
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#31 Where Did My Grandfather Live In 1943
My grandfather before he got deployed to the martial islands in WW2. I understand they were taken in Strawberry Mansions Philadelphia. Can anyone identify the street based on the buildings in the back round?
SvenneLoser: N Bailey Street here.
I believe he’s outside the house with green/blue steps if you just turn around (unfortunately Google has blurred out most of the significant buildings, but Apple maps provide better pics)
SvenneLoser: N Bailey Street here.
I believe he’s outside the house with green/blue steps if you just turn around (unfortunately Google has blurred out most of the significant buildings, but Apple maps provide better pics)
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#32 Somewhere In Paris, Can Anyone Help Me Find The Exact Location?
My grandpa recently passed away and I found this beautiful photo in his archives - A souvenir from Paris, where him and my grandma, both Italians, lived for a while after moving to France.
I would be eternally grateful if someone could help my family identify where this photo was taken!
pop_six_squish_: I think this is the gardens next to the Louvre, Jardin des Tuileries.
I would be eternally grateful if someone could help my family identify where this photo was taken!
pop_six_squish_: I think this is the gardens next to the Louvre, Jardin des Tuileries.
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#33 Maybe New England?
gotoguns: Pretty sure this is the Patagonia Marathon.
Akroaxen: I heard back from the photographer and apparently it’s Chilean Patagonia!
Akroaxen: I heard back from the photographer and apparently it’s Chilean Patagonia!
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#34 Taken Out The Window Somewhere Between Greece And England
InbhirNis: Looks like Chioggia and the Venetian Lagoon to me.
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#35 On A Work Computer Screen, And It Doesn't Show The Location Like It Normally Would
SylvanPrincess: Apparently, it’s El Peñol de Guatapé in Colombia. It looks stunning.
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#36 Recognize The Statue At The Top Of This Monument/Building??
Birdseeding: It's on the National Theatre of Cluj-Napoca, so Hungary was not a bad guess. (It was in Hungary when it was built.)
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#37 Anyone Know Where This Was Taken?
FernsideModels: Likely Venice?
DM99: Found this Instagrammer who agrees...
But annoyingly he doesn't say where it is in Venice either.
DM99: Found this Instagrammer who agrees...
But annoyingly he doesn't say where it is in Venice either.
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#38 Where In Peckham Was This Taken?
Logical-History-36: Commercial Way in Peckham. The road with the white car is the junction with Peckham Hill St, and the block you can see behind the Unionist Club is Collinson House. Sister Mabel’s Way is now where the Unionist Club was.
ignoramusprime: Here.
ignoramusprime: Here.
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#39 Picture Of My Mom From The 90s? Maybe Italy. Any Idea What Building This Is?
AustinBrock: Outside The Sound of Vienna.
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#40 Somewhere In Germany Or Europe?
Arch2000: First one looks like the tower bridge in London.
anon: Second one is Marseille, France.
Additional_Yam_3794: 3rd one most likely is Lucerne Switzerland. Looking near the shore (or on bord of a ship) of Lake Lucerne towards mount Pilatus.
anon: Second one is Marseille, France.
Additional_Yam_3794: 3rd one most likely is Lucerne Switzerland. Looking near the shore (or on bord of a ship) of Lake Lucerne towards mount Pilatus.
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