Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[Minky]

Good job Minky! Have you been there before? I was a little surprised when the first guess was so close. We vacation in that area every year and it is tradition to go for a sunset and then jumping down the steep parts of the dune.

You're up!

No, I haven't been there, but I searched for "kite flying dunes" and stumbled upon the Kitty Hawk Kites website. They apparently sponsor the Rogallo Kite Festival. I initially thought it took place in Kitty Hawk, but checked the site again and found it was Nag's Head.

 

[MagicMatt]

Crazy I too googled kite dunes and first thing I saw was Nag's Head, but it seemed too close to the coast based on that pic.

 

[MagicMatt]

Stern's Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA.

Interesting angle had me thrown for a second, but I recognized that Moby Dick restaurant.

 

[Minky]

Stern's Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA.

Interesting angle had me thrown for a second, but I recognized that Moby Dick restaurant.

You are correct, sir! Yeah, I don't have a good sense yet for how to make it a bit tough, but solvable.

You is up.

 

[MagicMatt]

Well I don't have a self-taken photo of this so I had to grab one off the web. No cheating, this will definitely turn up if you reverse search it!

 

[GrogNerd]

Alexandria, VA

The George Washington Masonic National Memorial on the right

(edit: ****... don't even know my own hometown)

 

[MagicMatt]

No sir.

 

[Brewenstein]

Atlanta, GA

 

[TooDogly]

Baton Rouge. That's the capitol building I think.

 

[MagicMatt]

Baton Rouge. That's the capitol building I think.

You got it. Tallest Capitol in the country. You're up.

 

[TooDogly]

You got it. Tallest Capitol in the country. You're up.

So this deserves some backstory.

My dad was visiting yesterday and I wanted to get his help with this photo since I was getting nowhere with it. When i first looked at it, Maryland popped into my head but I couldn't match it up with any cities there. I noticed the bridge in the background so I knew it had to be crossing a fairly large river, and the ground is very flat. My dad was suggesting the Mississippi River, maybe Nachez, but again it didn't match up with any tall buildings. I said it looked like a capitol building and Art Deco style, but we both agreed that nobody would build a skyscraper as a capitol, it's just not very practical. So we were discussing for about 20 minutes when my wife finally had enough and asked what the hell we were talking about. I showed her the photo and explained that our guesses were based on the tall building which appeared to be made of granite, the very flat terrain, and the deciduous trees. A minute later she showed me her phone and said "is this it?" I said how the heck did you find it that fast! She said "I googled 'tall white building flat ground deciduous trees' and it was there in a blog post about trees." I guess the moral of the story is: ask your wife for advice.

I also could have gone against my assumption that nobody would build a skyscraper for a capitol and googled "tall capitol" because that gets you this as the first hit. Aparently Huey Long did things his own way.

 

[TooDogly]

Here we go

 

[beergolf]

Bandon Dunes?

 

[TooDogly]

Bandon Dunes?

You're on the right track.

 

[beergolf]

Bandon Trails? Pacific Dunes?

 

[Minky]

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area?

 

[TooDogly]

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area?

Yep that's it! I took this photo on my IPhone 4 at Umpqua Lighthouse State Park.

You're up Minky.

 

[Minky]

Yep that's it! I took this photo on my IPhone 4 at Umpqua Lighthouse State Park.

You're up Minky.

I'm glad you didn't need a more specific location or I would have been lost!

Let's try this one:

 

[Newsman]

Cottonwood Arizona

 

[Minky]

Cottonwood Arizona

I KNEW there were too many clues in that one!

You be's it.

 

[Newsman]

Yep... the law firm sign gave it away.

 

[Newsman]

Now, this is going to be a tough one, I think... Just tell me what city, town, etc this is located in

 

[MagicMatt]

Now, this is going to be a tough one, I think...

Well that's what you get for thinking!


That's the Telliquah Covered Bridge over the Tellico River in Tellico Plains, TN.

 

[Newsman]

Well that's what you get for thinking!


That's the Telliquah Covered Bridge over the Tellico River in Tellico Plains, TN.

Dangit! How the heck did you know????? You're up!

 

[MagicMatt]

I'm a Smoky Mountains junkie lol. It's one of the few places within a day's drive that I can get to for change of scenery. I've been over that bridge before, but had to look up the name.

Here we go. Several things you could give me the name of here and I'll accept (the area, structure's name, even the region's larger collective namne.....and no, 'cairn' isn't one of them lol).

 

[Minky]

Neist Point, Isle of Skye.

 

[Newsman]

I'm a Smoky Mountains junkie lol. It's one of the few places within a day's drive that I can get to for change of scenery. I've been over that bridge before, but had to look up the name.

Dangit! I'm gonna have to go more obscure next time. Or maybe find something in the foreground to distract y'all from looking at the background.

 

[MagicMatt]

Neist Point, Isle of Skye.

That was quick. You're up. What gave it away?

 

[Minky]

That was quick. You're up. What gave it away?

It took a little searching. I started by Googling "lighthouse rocky" and came up with a lot of other lighthouses and a bunch of pictures of Sylvester Stallone! Then, looking closely at your photo, I mistook the foghorn for a cannon and thought it may have also been a fort of some kind. So, I added the word "fort" to the search, and found an image of the lighthouse.

 

[Brian77095]

Medellin Colombia?