Questions tagged [where-on-earth]
For questions about location of specific place or location of longest/highest/biggest/the most... place/thing on Earth.
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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 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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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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Which city has the highest number of actively used currencies?
I read that in Poipet, Cambodia, most merchants including street sellers and tuk tuk drivers accept 3 currencies, namely KHR
(Cambodian Riel), THB (Thai Baht) and USD (United States Dollar). This ...
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In which US state are you the longest from another state in the contiguous US? [closed]
In which state in the contiguous US (so not Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico etc) are you the farthest from another state?
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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 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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Which airport has the longest minimum connection time?
I see 432 questions tagged short-connections. This made me wonder: which airport has the longest connection time?
Notes:
Longest connection time = time it takes for a passenger to go from one flight ...
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Large city with street grid among cardinal directions? [closed]
Manhattan's streets are famous for their grid layout. According to the New York Times, lines representing the vertical streets are rotated by 29° from the cardinal north/south axis.
I am looking for a ...
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What is the widest road in the world?
What is the widest road in the world? (road / avenue / street / highway)
Searching online it's quite difficult to find something approaching an accurate answer. What I could find mentioned:
Monumental ...
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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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Does anyone know this skyline?
Trying to figure out where this photo of my great uncle was taken and would love to see if anyone knows?
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Are these murals of a real location? Perhaps Bavaria?
In the town of Blackpool, England my partner and I have bought a house which was built around 1952. When we took the old wallpaper off the walls, we discovered amazing things - the lounge, dining room ...
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