Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[3 Dawg Night]

BTW, @D.B.Moody is on the right track.

 

[cmac62]

Omaha and the Charles Schwab field, the College WS.

 

[cmac62]

I googled june events at baseball stadiums and then looked for the rectangular light stands.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

@cmac62 has it with some nice Google-fu. It is, indeed, Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the College World Series. I chose that "skyline" just to point out that Mississippi State is the reigning National Champion until June 26/27.

 

[cmac62]

Okay, here's my submission.

 

[bracconiere]

i really don't know but for some reason, this is another building i swear i remember from my childhood in san diego....i can almost taste the steps walking up them at 6 years old....

 

[3 Dawg Night]

I'm pretty sure I've seen this building in a TV show. I remember someone jumping (or being pushed?) from that tower. Can't remember which show.

 

[bracconiere]

I'm pretty sure I've seen this building in a TV show. I remember someone jumping (or being pushed?) from that tower. Can't remember which show.

probably Simon & Simon.....

 

[D.B.Moody]

I thought it looked like one of those mission style California University buildings you see all the time, so I Googled "California University mission bell tower:

So I Googled "Camarillo university building:"

When I clicked on that it explains that it's the Bell Tower Building of California State University Channel Islands and was once part of the Camarillo State Mental Hospital. Camarillo, CA.

I'm hoping that @bracconiere is remembering a different building.

 

[bracconiere]

I'm hoping that @bracconiere is remembering a different building.

it might be LA but i distinctly remember thouasand oaks......

 

[cmac62]

@D.B.Moody It was originally a State Mental hospital then became the UC Channel Islands campus, but your up.

Edit: Obviously I did not read the whole post. LOL

 

[D.B.Moody]

Here's a tower (and a bell tower) from a place we visited in 2017. If you've been there, you'll probably recognize it.

 

[cmac62]

Here's a tower (and a bell tower) from a place we visited in 2017. If you've been there, you'll probably recognize it.
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Interesting angle.

 

[cmac62]

The top looks a bit like Windsor castle, but not the rest.

 

[tracer bullet]

The top looks a bit like Windsor castle, but not the rest.

Feels like Ireland to me. But not to any of the castle's I've been to, they're more stand-alone. And it's too big for any of the little cities I've been in over there. But I'll say Ireland, as a starting point.

 

[Andres Falconer]

I would say that this is Dublin Castle. Fond memories.

 

[D.B.Moody]

I would say that this is Dublin Castle. Fond memories.

And you would be right. Dublin Castle it is. You're up @Andres Falconer,

 

[Andres Falconer]

And you would be right. Dublin Castle it is. You're up @Andres Falconer,

In 2014 I was at a two-day work meeting in Dublin Castle that ended with a memorable reception and after-hours tour.

 

[Andres Falconer]

Following the theme…

 

[3 Dawg Night]

I see the word "Turk" on the sign, and Googling "Turk castle clock tower" tells me this is Ankara, Turkey.

 

[Andres Falconer]

(Reminds self to check signs for easy clues)

Yes. And not a decoy. Ankara castle and citadel, Turkey. Which apparently wants to be called Türkiye as of this week. This is from another memorable work meeting, in 2019, in innocent, pre-pandemic times.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Yeah, that one was borderline cheating (or at least not within the spirit of the game). My excuse is that I'm battling the worst cold I've ever had (not COVID). I don't have picture queued up, and grandpa's old cold medicine is kicking in, so I'm heading to bed. I yield my turn back to @Andres Falconer.

 

[Andres Falconer]

That was *not* cheating. But fair enough. Here I go:

 

[D.B.Moody]

I Googled "totem weather vane" and got this:

and I got some interesting reading. We were in Lithuania for a few days once, but we didn't see those vanes.
Prella, Lithuania.

 

[Andres Falconer]

Not Preila (not Prella either), but you’re very much on the right track, @D.B.Moody. Try again, please.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Nida

 

[Andres Falconer]

Nida

Yes! Right on the Lithuanian border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Nida has beautiful beaches and sand dunes, and was an area formerly restricted to the Soviet higher-ups. These weathervanes go back to when this area was part of East Prussia, which Germany lost to Poland and the Soviet Union in WW2. I was lucky to be there last year. You're up @D.B.Moody.

 

[D.B.Moody]

This is from 2010:

 

[3 Dawg Night]

The sign advertises a Super Bowl Special, so maybe the US? Let's start with a guess if Key West.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Not Key West. Not US.

 

[Pkrd]

Queenstown NZ.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Queenstown it is, A refreshing stop at the Pub on Wharf, during a wonderful trip to New Zealand. You're up @Pkrd.

 

[Pkrd]

The road signage gave it away. What an unoriginal name and who the heck watches the Super Bowl hereabouts?

I didn't have a wide enough lens for this one. Two views to help.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

For no particular reason, feels like Greece?

 

[Pkrd]

It is a very very long way away from Greece.

 

[tracer bullet]

Dang, seemed like a great guess. Hawaii came to mind but the rock type is wrong, doesn't look volcanic and doesn't look like a lava tube.

Started thinking of other places on the Mediterannean but thaty aren't a "very very long way away".

Hmmm

 

[Pkrd]

It’s south of Hawaii

 

[D.B.Moody]

New Zealand is a long way from Greece. This can be found by Googling "sea cave New Zealand"

Edit: I should have had "very, very" in that, @tracer bullet.

 

[Pkrd]

New Zealand is a long way from Greece. This can be found by Googling "sea cave New Zealand"

Worlds best sub tropical diving will get you there too.

 

[cmac62]

@D.B.Moody I think your up.