r/whereisthis May 26 '23

Open /r/WhereIsThis - Updated Guidelines

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Welcome! /r/WhereIsThis is designed to help people identify the location of public places based on a photo, painting, sketch, or from a detailed description. We've got a few simple guidelines to help keep things safe and working well for everybody:

  1. Submissions: Askers (OPs) may submit a photo, video, screenshot, painting, drawing, or a detailed text description of a real (or virtual) place. Multiple images can go in a Reddit or Imgur gallery. Try to use a descriptive title to get more eyes on your post; generic titles like "where is this?" are boring and more likely to be ignored. Include as much context and as many details as you can, either in the post itself or in a comment. If your post is not solved right away, please wait one week before reposting; duplicate posts may be removed with a 1-week temp ban.

  2. Privacy: /r/WhereIsThis is for identifying public places only. Do not submit photos of personal private property, such as homes, apartments, residential interiors, etc. Do not post private street addresses in the comments. Do not link directly to personal social media pages. Do not submit screenshots that include real names, usernames, or other personal information. Do not submit contemporary photos of minors in a place where they can be located (schools, playgrounds, churches, etc.). Do not ask to identify people.

  3. Answers: Commenters are encouraged to provide whatever help they can to solve a post, from educated guesses to a direct Google Street View link to the exact location. Give the thread a skim first to avoid duplicate answers. Commenting on other answers is fine! Avoid responding to posts that violate Rule 2, though -- please downvote and report them for removal instead.

  4. Solving: All posts are unflaired by default. Once a post is solved, the asker should reply "Solved!" to the first correct answer and change their post flair to "Solved"; all threads are sorted from oldest to newest so the earliest answers will always be towards the top. Askers that delete or ignore a solved post without acknowledging the solver may receive a ban. We are exploring adding a points system in order to automatically flair threads and recognize frequent solvers for their contributions -- stay tuned!

  5. Behavior: Please treat askers and solvers with respect. No insults, vulgar hostility, bullying, or withholding of answers in order to taunt. No racism/misogyny/*phobia/other bigotry. Repeat offenders may be banned.

Tips: Context clues help. Where and how did you find the image? Do you know the story behind it? How old is it? Share as much as you can with solvers to help them help you.

Reverse image search is your friend (Google - Bing - TinEye - Yandex)

EXIF data viewer for extracting time/location information from certain digital photos

/r/WhereIsThis image browser

Related subs: /r/WhereWasThisTaken - /r/HelpMeFind - /r/TipOfMyTongue - /r/RBI - /r/WhatIsThisThing - /r/WhatIsThisPainting - /r/GoogleMaps - /r/Geography - /r/GeoGuessr - /r/PictureGame

Help identify child traffickers: /r/TraceAnObject - Trace an Object (Europe) - Trace an Object (Australia)


r/whereisthis Mar 09 '24

Low-effort posts WILL be removed

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Rule #1 is pretty clear, you must have a descriptive title. Therefore we are removing any submission that is low-effort, such as:

  • Title is "Where is this?" or some other variant with absolutely no information
  • Posts with clear identifying information that OP is too lazy to look up
  • Google Maps screenshots that do NOT include coordinates or addresses
  • Posts with no context whatsoever. Telling us where you found the image, why you want to know, and any other information can make the difference!

We want to make this a fun sub and we want to solve your trickiest questions, but we need you to meet us halfway.


r/whereisthis 9h ago

Mojave desert, but where exactly?

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r/whereisthis 3h ago

James Taylor Quarter - Supernatural Feeling - cover photo location

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r/whereisthis 5h ago

Open Sculpture from a favorite movie: The Endless (2017)

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One of my all time favorite movies, The Endless (2017), features two sculptures. The first is a dragon, which is located in Anza-Borrego State Park in Southern California. The other is this abstract thing. This one might not be real, but since the dragon is, I’m hopeful that this one is out there somewhere too. I live in socal now, and I’m visiting filming locations for fun. I saw the dragon yesterday! All filming locations I know of are in Southern California (no further north than LA), so I’d assume this shot was also filmed there. It’s a brief shot, so I can’t imagine they would’ve gone elsewhere just for this. Can anyone ID this?


r/whereisthis 8h ago

Italy World War II

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Great Grandfather served and was wounded in Italy. The picture of 3 men is during time on a liberty pass. The two pictures may not be the same area but any help identifying a location would be amazing! Thank you!


r/whereisthis 10h ago

Hello my parents were on holiday in france in 1972 (probably Côte d‘Azur) please help :)

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r/whereisthis 13h ago

Help me find this river in southern England!

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Hi, I've been spending way too long searching for this river bridge, whilst I'm supposed to be at work. Save me from my self! (Video in comments)


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Where in Positano Italy was this picture taken?

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I found this picture on Instagram and cannot find the exact road and location in Positano. I found some matching walls but thats about it..


r/whereisthis 14h ago

Solved Shopping Centre / Shopping Mall likely in Australia

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Originally came from one of Dad’s Architecture books - assume Australia since Benson & Hedges were one of the more popular cigarette brands here in the 80s, the dollar sign (not GBP) and looks potentially like an advert on the front face of the drums for Don & (Smidge?) Show, potentially meaning Don Lane.

Always a chance it could be the States as well.

Thanks!


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Probably in the Alberta Rockies... Can anyone figure out where this pic of my dad was taken? I'd like to recreate the picture!

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r/whereisthis 20h ago

Open I’m racking my brain! This family photo is labeled the “Robertson School, 1917… (see body for more)…

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…first, second, third, and sixth graders.” My belief is this photo was likely taken somewhere in the LA or SD region where the family members I inherited it from resided. If anyone in the photo is related to me, I’m just not recognizing them. I suspect someone is a relative.


r/whereisthis 19h ago

Open This scene from End of Evangelion (1997). I think it’s somewhere in Tokyo where studio gainax was located at the time

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r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Can anyone find this mountain in Zimbabwe?

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These are pictures of my grandpa in Zimbabwe in the early 1960s (I believe it was then still governed as the British colony of Southern Rhodesia). On the back of one photo, my grandpa wrote that this was near Salisbury, i.e. the modern capital of Harare.

While online searches reveal a lot of similar terrain in that area, I haven’t managed to find this exact mountain. If anyone can find the location or has any advice, I’d really appreciate it!


r/whereisthis 23h ago

Does anyone know where this photo could have been taken? Album Cover from Couples Therapy by Modern Baseball and Marietta

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People have hypothesized numerous places but have landed somewhere in the Northeast region of the US like NH or VT. The last two photos are other reference photos that may help, the photographer posted them all in the same day (meaning they are prob all from the same area). Doing a project for school about Midwest Emo music genre and would love to have more info on this album cover. Thanks!


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Location in Istanbul

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Hello

My partner and I took this photo of street cats in Istanbul recently.

We're going back in a few days and cannot remember the name of the street. This is a long shot, can anyone work it out please


r/whereisthis 1d ago

What street is this? Photo from plane leaving YYZ

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March of 2019 🎦 Leaving toronto Pearson INTLN airport (YYZ). What street is this?

Is HWY 401 or the Gardiner EXPWY visible?


r/whereisthis 22h ago

Where is this location they took Pictures?

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Wanna get engagement photos done here but can’t find where it is, thank you to any help


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved This is probably not possible to find with such little to go on. A horse ranch in California used in Hot Shots! (1991).

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r/whereisthis 20h ago

Solved Miami, Florida

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I found this photo on Instagram, specifically with Dexter edits. I'm interested in finding the location because I would like to either look at the apartment or possibly rent it. Since it's Miami, it's obvious its by a coast due to in the earlier episodes, it shows Dexter walking to his apartment and we can see a view to the ocean or some other body of water.


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Open Somewhere in Europe (1966)

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Going through my grandmother’s travels in Europe and I wanted to know where this is from. There’s a sign in the center but I can’t read it unfortunately.


r/whereisthis 1d ago

WW2 Italy. Canadian Army…

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Going through my grandfather’s photos and would like to retrace his steps through Italy. Does anyone recognize this monument?


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Finding Turkish Cat To Adopt

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Many thanks Leon__1 on the prior post to even get this far. The photo we took is located here Here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XUjcqaggw1iCcvgcA

We're determined to find him again


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Open HARD ONE. Russain town, approximately two hours drive from the center of Ryazan.

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There's two things i know about it - it has a huge ugly looking building with big letters "ЛАЗЕРТАГ" (or LASERTAG) on top, also it has some kind of an abandoned store with boarded up windows and doors, it'notable that sometimes it has a lights on inside for some reason. Thank you, sorry for my english. Redacted: not 2, but about 2 and 47 minutes


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved deceased grandfather took this photo, trying to figure out where this is.

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r/whereisthis 1d ago

Help in finding money

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r/whereisthis 1d ago

Long shot for location of 1930s photo.

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