Sorry, skipped his to avoid Boring content.:zzz:

Ok.....guessing....The Alps/Dolomites?

1. Red's challenge;
Coloured Canyon,Sinai?

2.Mattgrey's challenge;
Auto & Technik MUSEUM SINSHEIM.

3.Answer to Lar's challenge;
Tower of Silence in Crater, Aden c.

One is suitably impressed Sabredog.

It is indeed the Tower of Silence on Shamsan overlooking Crater. I used to get the heebie jeebies just looking up and seeing the kites that had engorged themselves on dead people lying there.

Was back there about a year ago.....................

A bit more:

The Tower of Silence, also known as dakhma, dokhma or doongerwadi, is a circular raised structure used by Parsees (Zoroastrians) for exposure of the dead. Zoroastrians consider a dead body to be 'nasu', unclean and according to tradition, the purpose of exposure is to preclude the pollution of earth or fire. The corpse is placed atop a tower and so exposed to the sun and to birds of prey. In Aden these birds would have been the kite hawks and crows. Bodies are arranged in three rings: men around the outside, women in the second circle, and children in the innermost ring. The ritual precinct may only be entered by a special class of pallbearers. Once the bones have been bleached by the sun and wind, which can take as long as a year, they are collected in an ossuary pit at the center of the tower.

The Tower of Silence in Crater was built by local businessman and philanthropist, Cowasjee Dinshaw Adenwalla, himself a Parsee. The tower is located 200 metres south of the Tawila Tanks, on a small plateau of the Shamsan Range, overlooking the Fire Temple and town of Crater.


Tower of Silence in Crater, Aden c. 1935

With the advent of communism after 1967, the Agiary, Dakhma and their funds, etc. all became state property. With all the Parsees set to leave Aden, who would take care of the Atash (the eternal fire)? That's when Cowasjee Dinshaw, the great grandson of Cowasjee Dinshaw Adenwalla who had built the Agiary and Dakhma in Aden in the last century, decided that he would not let the Holy Atash, which had sustained and nurtured the community in this land away from home, just die away. Most of the Parsees in Aden had prospered and done very well for themselves, and they strongly believed it was due to the blessings of the Atash which had provided them with spiritual sustenance and was an important focal point of keeping the Parsee community united, alive and energetic.

After much wrangling with the authorities over a prolonged period the Holy Flame was eventually flown out of Aden on 14th November, 1976 bound for Lonvala, India on a chartered Air India Boeing 707 with an all-Parsee crew. As the aircraft took off, the Yemeni officials gave it a 21-gun salute, the sounds of which were heard all over Aden. This signified the end of the Parsee era in Aden.

Today the disused Tower of Silence is all but forgotten by most locals. The path leading up to it was once carefully marked but today it is littered with old car bodies and other junk. The walls are breached in many places and lend themselves merely as supports for graffiti.

ThreadBaron,

Table Mountain Fortaleza, La Gomera island?

1. Red's challenge;
Coloured Canyon,Sinai?

2.Mattgrey's challenge;
Auto & Technik MUSEUM SINSHEIM.

3.Answer to Lar's challenge;
Tower of Silence in Crater, Aden c. Yes of course sabredog - glad to see there are at least some of us with the wit to multitask. :ok:

Sirikit

No.

sabredog

Not far out ... Correct hemisphere. :E

jetsy

Not an island. Wrong hemisphere.

Matt,
Thank you.

Lars.
A bit of local knowledge. Passed through there in less happier times!

Threadbaron,apologies for naming you incorrectly.
Thank you.

Capetonion's challenge;#2194;
Malta?

No apology necessary ... but I am not sure about
Carpetonion
He might have a seizure ... or think you are walking all over him just to make him cry. ;)

What? It was a deliberate typo? I therefore retract.

Lars.
A bit of local knowledge. Passed through there in less happier times!

I suspect I was there as a teenager in those 'less happy times'.

Thank you,Threadbaron.
Quite unintentional, merely another senior moment!

Thank you,Threadbaron.
Quite unintentional, merely another senior moment!

Nice to see some good manners here. At a certain seniority 'senior moments' do not need explanation. :ok:

OK. Who has control?

#2194 : It is indeed Malta, Sliema. I've forgotten the name of the street, I took the photo for a specific reason, a friend of mine lived there.

Carpetonion, whatever, I am far too thick skinned to give a rat's arse about how people spell Capetonian!

Took me a few seconds to get this! Good one!
or think you are walking all over him just to make him cry

So now I think it's open house (or a gang bang with no rules!) again as there are multiple winners.

Who got all the answers right?

Where was I?:O

Still one not cracked.

ThreadBaron,

High Atlas Mountains, Morocco?

Where's Reg and his love of boulders?:p

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t295/larssnowpharter/images.jpg

larss,
Porta all'Arco Etrsucan Gate, Italy


Porta all'Arco, the dark stone archway in Twilight Saga New Moon, is from the Etruscan period. It's believed that it was originally constructed in the 5th century BC and had three imposing heads of gods. You can see remains of the heads and the large stone blocks used by the Etruscans. The brick was added later to reinforce the gate. This photo was taken from outside Volterra looking in to the town. :p

Wadi Mujib Jordan "Grand Canyon", Jordan, Middle East?

Not High Atlas, jetsy.

'Tis, I think time for a clue.

'Canyon' is used in a tourist related description of the place and here is another photo from a nearby place related in name.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/0dc2b663.jpg

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv138/mscomments09/2b%20sorted/ghost-animated.gif

Creeping closer, sabredog. Right descriptive words, wrong country.

Not long now, I think!

The Grand Canyon of Oman?

Kiiiirekt.

The original pic was taken on the Rim Walk of Wadi Ghul (aka GC of O), 3 hours in and 3 hours out, in Jebel Akdhar in Oman. Ghul is, supposedly, the origin of the word ghoul hence the .gif as an additional clue.

The second pic is of the abandoned village of Ghul at the mouth of the Wadi.

Tis a big old hole:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/0d286170.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/7b03ffa2.jpg

Next, please.

Aha!

http://www.enhg.org/field/jshams04/shams16.jpg

larss,
Porta all'Arco Etrsucan Gate, Italy

Correct!

The arch is quite possibly the oldest functioning arch in the World. A fried has his house just out of site to the right looking at that pic. House abutts the wall. When renovating, said mate, discovered what appeared to be a urinal leading into the wall.

One took a pee there in what has to be the oldest urinal in the World. Certainly over 2000 yrs old.

The town, by the way, is Volterra. Well worth a visit if you find yourselves in Toscana.

Hmm, an old relic peeing in an old relic! Interesting.:E

Capetonian says:
.....rat's arse....


Language, Timuffy!:=

Better let Jetsy Open da House!:E

OK, this should not be too difficult

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/jetmarg/earth/fui2.jpg

Cambodia/Vietnam?

incorrect continent

Aimed at lars, that should be, "Correct, incontinent!", reference his peeing exploits. :}

Is salmon? fishing at the mouth of a river somewhere in North America involved?

Nope, it is not, ThreadBaron :)

Another continent excluded, then.

Such a small pic for my aged eyes, but do I really see fishing nets drying? Or not?

those are not nets. Sorry about the size of the pic but a bigger version would give away the location immediately. I'll give a clue shortly.

Something drying? Tobacco?

River, not coastal?

The style of the poles with wires? strung slackly between them is niggling my brain. It would, however, have to be rather more than just a niggle to elicit any sensible response.

Picture instantly prompts and Asian feel, but as that has been counted out, along with North America, I will count out Europe and the Middle East because I can..

That leaves, what, Australasia, South America and Africa.

Not Australasia.

Got a feeling for a great African lake but the boat steers me away from that (as does the rest of the pic :}.

South America is a mystery to me, so no clue there.

Buggah, jetsy, it's past me bedtime here but I have to stay up to see if the forthcoming clue helps!

Would a larger pic reveal the registration of the boat and give us the answer that way?

The boat has a tag witch would give it away. And you are correct. It is not Asia, North America nor Australia or Antarctica. Here is another clue and a bigger piccy:;)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/jetmarg/earth/ufi5.jpg

Uros?

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/c0923464.jpg

Floating Uros Islands on the lake Titicaca. Just outside of Puno in Peru. Unique and it was quite an experience to "float" on those. Lot's of interesting facts about these people.

Over to you, :ok:

Me brain hurts! Thanks for that jetsy.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/fd79ca69.jpg

Off to bed now, so grumble amongst yourselves until the morning. ;)

State War Memorial , Kings Park, City of Perth ,Australia.
Open House,if correct.

Dint even get time to pickup up me toothbrush. Correct sabredog.

Someone else can pick this up, I'm really off to bed this time. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/bucktaf/TahitiPartTwo089.jpg

French Polinesia,Tahiti?
Open house, if correct....

VERY close, but not technically correct. A few minutes ATR-72 ride away.

Is it Moorea?

No, but you are closer. The foks in the photo were swimming with sharks,
which I opined they should advertise as a 'once in a lifetime experience', but
I don't think they got it.

In fairness, my use of a 'few' minutes may have been unintentially misleading.
Compared to non-stop JFK to Papeete, it seemed a few.

One more try then, Huahine?

The mountains look as if it were on Bora Bora.

The photo was taken on and shows Bora Bora.

It is one place that was as beautiful as I had always imagined it would be.

I am sure, finfly1. You are very fortunate to be able to enjoy the beauty of it. I went on Geegle Earth and checked out the pictures. Awesome. I hope to go there one of these years but looks I will have to do Bali first. Come on April 2012! :)

OH, folks

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/bucktaf/AlabamaHoliday.jpg

USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor Hawaii... maybe?

U.S.S.Alabama,BB-60,Mobile,Alabama,U.S.A.
Open House,if correct.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2391/2260770289_b0c5f7158d.jpg

Runcorn?

Google Image Result for http://i.pbase.com/o4/59/511659/1/54359963.bridgenightreflection.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://i.pbase.com/o4/59/511659/1/54359963.bridgenightreflection.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pbase.com/image/54359963&usg=__yPPMt9FXgsvBdstHbpN7pRaCWSE=&h=648&w=750&sz=552&hl=en&start=93&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=BWPStv0Ae0ZQkM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=141&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbridge%2Bat%2Bnight%26start%3D80%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26biw%3D1003%26bih%3D589%26tbm%3Disch&ei=D3XbTeaKKIWq8APgspjmDw)

Yes indeed! Over to you............

Open House.

Still on the subject of bridges.

http://imageseu.holiday-rentals.co.uk/vd2/files/HR/400x300/9a/1004039/408941_6.jpg

Bridge at Quinta Do Lago,Algarve,Portugal?

Correct Sabredog, over to you..........

Thank you AGP.
That was an interesting challenge,in it's own quiet way.
Still unable to scan at the moment, so;
Open House.

Still on the bridge theme.......

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5676778381_a1582b8a92.jpg

Is that an odd view of Norman's bridge at Millau ?

Sorry Wodrick, it's not.

Guadiana suspension bridge, linking Portugal with Spain.

That's the one Sabredog. Thought the driver's eye view would make it more difficult.

A very distinctive suspension bridge design though,AGP.
Open House.

Once again an easy one with many clues -
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x472/mattgray7/IMG_1146.jpg

Are you in AGP, AGP?

A very long shot;
Downey Airport,California?

Sorry sabredog - loooong way from California.

Thank you, Matt.
Those Hangars (if they are such) are very distinctive.
Back to Europe.

Those Hangars (if they are such) are very distinctive.

Not hangars sabredog - but they DO adjoin an airport.

Airbus related, France?

You're getting warm Hartington.

La Cité de l’Espace,Toulouse
or Clément Ader Site

Je regrette de dire - Non, Monsieur

Thank you,Matt.

Zaragoza, Spain?
Looks like Delicias Station in the background.

Not Spain, sorry Jetty.

But come to think of it there is a slim connection between activities at the location and your very own ID.

Are alluding to the Airbus accident during engine test at the Toulouse facility,Matt?

No sabredog - it is not Toulouse and my clue was not related to any accident. Just healthy jet noses.

Airbus facility St Nazaire/Meaulte

Hamburg???????

Hamburg??????? Sorry Sirikit- not Germany.

Threadbaron has the right idea.:ok:

But who will make the exact choice first :E

Aerolia facility, Meaulte?

http://www.avsim.com/pages/0709/FranceVFR/AIRBUSFAC1.jpg

The state-of-the-art Airbus plant in Méaulte comes as something of a surprise looming up out of the battlefields of the Somme.

Méaulte goes a long way back, for this is where locally born pioneer Henri POTEZ installed his workshop in 1924. Up to 5,000 people later worked in the hangars of “Aéroplanes Henri POTEZ”, rolling out 300 units of the legendary P25 TOE, emblematic of French aviation during the colonial period.

Today it specialises in high speed machining of small and medium-sized light alloy mechanical parts together with assembly of “nosecones” and fuse sections for the whole of the Airbus range.

The adjoining airport is Albert-Bray. (http://www.maplandia.com/belgium/airports/albert-bray-airport/)

It was obviously a larger component that I was following when I snapped the pic posted. I though the "Convoi Exceptionnel" on the back of the truck approaching a factory may have been helpful clues.

You have control Threadbaron - well done!:D

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/0b83be47.jpg

Out until after 2000 now so, no rush chaps/ess

Thessaloniki, Greece.

Albany Western Australia, ANZAC Desert Mounted Corps memorial on Mt Clarence overlooking King George Sound with Michaelmas and Breaksea Islands in the background. Good enough?

Good enough? ...and the name of the ship in the harbor? :p

And sabre, Downey doesn't have an airport anymore. They used to have a Heliport back when LA Helicopters ran shuttles from Disneyland and Downey over to LAX, but after a couple of nasty and fatal landings (if you want to call it that), the whole thing was scrapped. Downey was the old Rockwell site though. Five miles from where I am sitting at this very moment.

Long time ago they had one though.

Picture from that.

http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/CA/Downey_CA_32_Emsco.jpg


Google Image Result for http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/CA/Downey_CA_40s_factory_ne.jpg (http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/CA/Downey_CA_40s_factory_ne.jpg&imgrefurl=http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/CA/Airfields_CA_LA_C.htm&usg=__6I3dEzTefqp1rxYOMsMjHUgzMV4=&h=314&w=968&sz=43&hl=en&start=4&zoom=1&tbnid=pvLBlFTlYaZTJM:&tbnh=48&tbnw=148&ei=5QrcTdDNCI-ksQPit9mvDg&prev=/search%3Fq%3DDowney%2BRockwell%2Bhangars%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1)

More than good enough, spini.

You have control.

Thank you,11Fan.
I had a "Target Fixation" on the hangar design,and as you say,Downey is no longer operational. Cracking challenge from MATT nonetheless, and I have learned a great deal about Airbus Industries in the process, though I still prefer Boeing!

You're late, ThreadBaron! :ELooks like spini has scarpered.

Let's Open House till he gets back!

http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee406/Helios340/witw24may2056z.jpg

I'll be back, Arnie?

Fairmont Royal York?

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/166399_489112882510_102898967510_6755179_1683987_s.jpg

Morning Earth-heads!:p
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/images/15/06/L150669.jpg

Toll bridge and toll collector's cottage?

And where?;)

Whitney-on-Wye Toll Bridge keeper's house, Herefordshire, UK.
Open House,if correct. Very well done on Capetonian's last challenge.

How do you do that, sabredog?? :sad:

Correct, sabredog.

http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/06/07/060747_32fa8b7f.jpg
It was in the news recently.:O

BBC News - Whitney-on-Wye bridge for sale with tax-free income (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-13520209)

I fancy being a Tollster!:O

I think that it Open House. If so I submit another toll bridge (that in the background).

http://members.toast.net/rcarpen/where94.jpg

Øresund bridge, links Sweden to Denmark

Not in Scandinavia.

Threadbaron;
Just "Googled" Tollhouses and selected images. It appeared on the first page ,although photographed from a different angle.

Seacue's Challenge;
Mackinac Bridge,Michigan,U.S.A.?
Not sure about the wooden footbridge in the foreground, though.

Mr. S. Dog is closer. The wooden construction in the foreground is related to the former ferry terminal.

See next page for reply to 2360.

The old St. Ignace Ferry Terminal ?

Too far north. Not Michigan.

The challenge seems to have bogged down.

A hint: I think this photo was taken in February 1976, during an exceptionally cold period.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge?

Yes, sabredog. I thought you would have had the answer sooner.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge)

IIRC, during the design stage of the older span, it was cut back from 3 to 2 lanes to Save Money. In retrospect, this was a very bad decision.

Sabredog has control.

Open House

http://s3.hubimg.com/u/1724290_f520.jpg

Leonardo de Vinci Bridge,As,Norway.
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/800px-Da_Vinci_Bridge_Ski.jpg

I am well impressed Sabredog!! Over to you...........

Did you know that the bridge was designed by Leonardo in 1502 and this wasn't built until 500 years later.

Is chez sabredog still a scanner free zone? If so I will pre-empt the call of OH.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/ae33bc9d.jpg

The clock is ticking, sir! But not for very long I imagine!

Good call,Threadbaron.
Thank you,AGP. Yes,it is a very interesting story behind it's construction.

Sidney Opera house?

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

Sidney. No

Bilbao. No

JFK?

http://plazes.com/pictures/15540243e61f6362ec57ebf76de0c2e0-original.jpg?1214837288

Again, No.

sabredog, are you having your afternoon nap, sir? ;)

Have not quite got to that stage of life yet,Threadbaron.
Alternating between house painting and here!
Interesting challenge,and would have thought Antipodean, with that wonderful sky.

I'm afraid the picture is Antipodean negative, sabredog.

By the way, you've missed a bit over there! :p

Denver Airport

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTRleO4nLu2g0irDHpnQ4JQYH2cSgIrkOUC3nmqQbeRB1tEBEFBbw

Denver. No.

Airport. No.

By the way, is that Denver (Barnum & Bailey) Airport?

Off out again until after 2030 local, so don't get it without me ...

L'Oceanografic. Valencia.

http://centralresa.villasdumonde.fr/imagesUP/news/272/Oceanografic,-Valencia,-Cos.jpg

ThreadBaron

The airport's distinctive white tensile fiberglass roof is aesthetically designed to be reminiscent of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountains) in winter.

I'll post a new challenge then. Hope, I named ThreadBaron's piccy correctly.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/jetmarg/earth/dt.jpg

bermuda fort

Sorry, it is not bermuda fort.

Red Fort, Agra

Nope, not Agra.:)

Bikaner Fort

Incorrect continent, AGPwallah

Fort Jefferson

http://fort-jefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dry-tortugas-fort-jefferson-300x225.jpg

Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas Nat'l Park. Just outside of Key West, Florida.

Your ball..:ok:


http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/jetmarg/earth/dtpk.jpg

Back to bridges I'm afraid.

http://www.nrk.no/img/138245.jpeg

Off for an early night, catch you guys tomorrow.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQquBhFZyNZPgJHOG7ALApnAlTINb5bFEJS-FIYU2JlBAfHzh-C

Måløy Bridge, Norway

Ft Jefferson is NOT "just outside Key West". It is about 100 km distant.

In the scheme of the entire globe size, it is...:p;)

Now I'm calibrated.
Rotterdam is "just outside" Brussels.

In Australia, Katherine is considered to be just down "The Track" from Darwin, a distance of 200 miles or 320 km. Alice Springs is a little further down "The Track" a mere 1060 miles or 1700 km. A days drive by ours standards. Therefore, Rotterdam to Brussells is a " Drop Kick" or a "Stones Throw away."

I suppose that "near" strongly depends on whether there is anything along the intervening path. Some of the examples you quoted show the emptiness of parts of Oz Some of the "flyover" states in the US come close.

OK, I hope we cleared the issue of distances for now. I'll try to be more exact next time. For me, it was a 40 min ride from Key West to Dry Tortugas so it was "just". Also it is the first island south-west off of Key West, therefore "just". Hope that is acceptable, seacue. :O

In the mean time, I "assume" I got the bridge from the latest challenge so I will post another pix to keep things moving along. If I may:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/jetmarg/earth/sd.jpg

Yes, as usual, you are correct Jetsy. Congratulations.

HOK’s Salvador Dali Museum,Florida,U.S.A.

St. Petersburg, FL.
This place was at first located in the remodeled warehouse, they just build on to it and "beautified" the exterior. Museum contains private collection of Dali works given to his American friends. Some truly spectacular stuff..:)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/jetmarg/earth/sd2.jpg

over to you, sabredog:ok:

Thank you,Jet noseover.
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/WoE10-1.jpg

Kresge Auditorium, MIT?

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/kresge-auditorium-roof-150x112.jpg

But, then again, maybe not!

Sorry,ThreadBaron,not the Kresge Auditorium, MIT.

Sacred or secular space?

I believe it is time for a clue.
A very "Green" establishment, and "Geographically" unique!

Very warm,Hartington.

Does it have a foreign name?:{

Yes,Sirikit. To narrow the search, it is European.

Scandinavian?

With the combination of

Sacred or secular space?

and

Very warm,Hartington.

my next stab is Scientology Temple in Berlin.

Sirikit,not Scandinavia.
Regdep, not the Scientology Temple in Berlin,but good tracking.
A section of this building is in one country,whilst the other part is in another "geographical entity",although the building is not divided or split in anyway! My description I am afraid, as to be more definitive would give the game away.

That would put it in Rome methinks.

Vatican Audience Hall.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-05-27um090104.png

Regdep.
It is indeed the Sali Nervi Intern, or the Paul VI Audience Hall,The Vatican. Well done,I am pleased that my description did not mislead in anyway.

am pleased that my description did not mislead in anyway.

No, this was the first one that came into my mind. Alas, coming to think of it now, one could have come up with some politically-not-so-correct proposals, too…. :ooh:

My next

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-05-27um091357.png

Reg, you're a star! Welcome back.

sabredog - That was a hard one to crack. It kept us all schtum for hours - even ThreadBaron was out of it.:p

I was sidelined because I thought there would be more bleeding hearts and Virgin Marys for a Catholic building. :{:E

Is this a corporate or public building, Reg?

It is very public, Sirikit.

Entrance fee is charged, though :(.

:EOMG, I would rather fly to the moon than do this.... ! Just found this to divert everyone's attention in my quest to win.....!
http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/jul2009/2/2/image-1-for-new-skydeck-of-the-sears-tower-gallery-294945779.jpg

even ThreadBaron was out of it

Waddya mean, 'even'? And I wasn't 'out of it'? I had a good throw and then stood back. ;)

Whilst I work on Reg's, I give you Sears Tower, sirikit even though it wasn't a 'proper' challenge. Wasn't even a proper 'diversion'. :E

You old right-clicker you!:p

Reg - Clue please.:O

Museum of Art in Puerto Madero, Argentina?

http://blog.dip16.net/stephaniepeer/files/2011/01/Art-Gal1.jpg

I give you Sears Tower, sirikit even though it wasn't a 'proper' challenge.

Challenge:

It was the Sears Tower. It is now the Willis Tower.:E

Stood on that very spot in November last year. It is a strange feeling!

Sorry, sirikit, one dunt resort to right-clicking. Just a few, or more, well chosen key words in GooGoo, in this case, 'external glass viewing pod skyscraper''. And there it was ...

Apropos that pic, it is a good job you is a lady(?) or you would have to use these urinals in the Felix Bar, on the top floor of the Old Lady in Hong Kong.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/b4646af4.jpg

That's the Hong Kong skyline you can just see out of the window.

Bin there, done that. :eek:

Eh? Pee'd out the window?:ooh:

Reg - Is that building a station or something - the clock puzzles me? Never mind the roof etc.

I'm so puzzled I'm now trying to identify the view from the window! :rolleyes:

Pee'd out the window

As I understand it the urinals are a late addition. You used to pee on the glass and there was a collection system behind the cill. :eek:

I thought it is the White House. Pentagon? No skyscrapers in the way.

Sorry guys. Had a distraction….

It is a museum, conference and science centre, and an architectural object in its own right.

From outside

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-05-27um185803.png

Reg, you old devil!:p

Must go to flipping Lapland!

Google Image Result for http://www.lapland-travel-info.com/image-files/arktikum9_medium.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lapland-travel-info.com/image-files/arktikum9_medium.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lapland-travel-info.com/Arktikum.html&usg=__kKNzJ4RDk1isnxX-I7hruXmdkgc=&h=240&w=300&sz=14&hl=en&start=3&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ijW2Vd3aXgq-sM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=116&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dglass%2Bmuseum%2Bconference%2Band%2Bscience%2Bcentre%2Bmodern%2Barchitecture%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1003%26bih%3D589%26tbm%3Disch&ei=2wngTfH0CsKy8gOV5qGgCg)

Oh, White House in the distance....white...flipping ICEBERG and polar flipping cap!!!!!!:}

Open House.

Nothing devilish, Sirikit. A bit shamanic, maybe.

Yes, The Arktikum in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland. Polar Circle and so on. Including Santa Claus, probably more widely known than Pope, and all that stuff.

Arktikum (http://www.arktikum.fi/en/)

Sirikit has called Open House.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/3c8da490.jpg

Them'll keep you going!

Well, 'em would have if Wodrick the Gentleman hadn't deleted his!

ThreadBaron, yours looks like a St. Petersburg underground station.

Nyet, Reg ,,,,,,,,,

I think it might be Portugal.

Haydarpaşa Railway Station,Istanbul,Turkey.

The big man is right again!!!

Seems he is not on line at present - should we anticipate OH ?

OK then, here is the one I deleted last night :

http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m599/wodrick/IMG_2004.jpg

Thank you,ThreadBaron.
Wodrick,I actually had a challenge to submit,but a good call from you to keep thing moving along.

Fuente Vieja,(The Old Well), Choruelo street,Frigiliana,Andalucia,Spain.

You guys sure don't stop amazing me :D

Back in the running.....to win!:E

Correct, obviously.

How on earth did you do that ?

Thank you,Wodrick.
The fountain has a somewhat "Moorish" appearance,but the heraldic shield precluded North Africa,so Spain was my next port of call.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/p8251146_3.jpg

Big Ben mechanism

Sorry,AGP,not Big Ben.

Escalator mechanism in Osaka, Japan.

I am afraid not,Regdep.

Does it belong to a clock?

No,Sirikit. It is not a clock mechanism.

Any clues?

The two hook shaped metal parts, one of which is contacting the smooth wheel, could be either electrical contacts or a pressure/movement sensor. I'm tempted to say it's something along the lines of a rack and pinion mechanism on a train, but it all looks too clean - ah - unless it's in Switzerland where they clean the tracks twice a day.

Good challenge!

Or German?

Nein, in Chermany ve only clean ze tracks vunce per day!

Is the center of the Earth straight down in the picture sabredog?

Capetonian: zen it shuld be in ze Schwitscherland.

Best country in the world.:ooh:

Capetonian; Not a train, but has a train connection, but not in an operational sense. A European city, but not in the countries mention previously.
More decorative than useful!
Regdep. Yes,straight down.

Is it on a boat?

There was once a funicular, or cog railway, running up the slope of Mt. ... one of the worst gets-stuck-in-your-head songs of all time, Funiculì, Funiculà. ...
www.reidsguides.com/italy/destinations/campania/.../vesuvius.html - Cached (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:QiV1H1foA_wJ:www.reidsguides.com/italy/destinations/campania/side_trips/vesuvius.html+funiculi+funicula+cog&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&source=www.google.co.uk)

:p

I too,remember the song,Sirikit. The mechanism is not a cog railway,it is purely decorative and has no mechanical function.

I confess that I know more about knitting than I do about your cog and wheel.:{

I've never knitted in my life.:E

This challenge is boring.:} You did it so I couldn't possibly win!;) You sly old fox.:p

I recommend that you all go up the Stanserhorn funicula!

I had the most fantastic time up the Stanserhorn. There's these marmots which I find are the funniest things everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! The views are amazing too!:p

Sirikit, you have given the city where this is located, as a correct answer to a previous challenge a little why back.

Another clue;
Jules Verne.

Sirikit, I am sure you have heard marmots whistle. But have you heard bears whistle?

Reg, they wouldn't be as funny as marmots!

From the outside, the offices of San Francisco game company Three Rings Design look like any small game studio, but the building's bowels are leagues from ordinary. The company's loft, in the trendy South of Market district, has been painstakingly outfitted to resemble The Nautilus from Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The offices have an attacking octopus couch, a secret lounge hidden behind a bookcase, captain's quarters and a steampunk bike rack, plus a ton of other Victorian details.

Musée des Arts et Métiers. Paris.

Jules Verne Métro station.... :confused:

That would explain the train connection...

Post #2457 says it's a European city, which would rule out SFO?

Obviously not paying attention, and clutching at straws :ugh:

Not San Francisco,AGP,but on the right tracks with the Jules Verne's "Nautilus".
This place is decorated as a "theme" to his 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
It is not a Theme Park, but is an operational and working establishment within this European city's transport network.

A Jules Verne Metro Stop trend (http://fashionblogstrend.com/fashion-news/a-jules-verne-metro-stop-trend.php)

Some great stuff, sabredog!!! Thanks for posting this challenge. I sure enjoyed finding this lil' gem.

Regardless if it is it, or not.

Jetsy's got it with #2468.:D

Apologies to you,Jet Noseover,have just seen your post!
Correct, the Art et Metiers Metro Station, line 11,Paris.
Very well done , and thanks to everyone for persevering with such an esoteric challenge.

That one was fun, great challenge, sabredog!:ok:

Lets try this one...:)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/jetmarg/og.jpg

It was a hard one!:O

Yes it was, Sirikit.
I gigled museum and gears. Gave me some wonderful returns. Got too busy getting engaged (no pun etc..;))in the reading of some "metal" stuff and stumbled upon the answer. Again, great stuff.

Kizhi,Karela (Lake Onega)?
Open House,If correct.

That was an easy one..I love the construction. All wood including the pecks holding it. OH folks, as sabredog decleared.

Another fairly easy one. Bonus point: taken from what (name the structure)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/jetmarg/Jetsy-Civis-Romeo002.jpg

Pittsburgh from the Duquesne incline maybe?

Added: Never mind---wrong angle... Same city though?

nope, Gordy. Not Pittsburgh

A man and his teddies!:E

Wells St bridge in foreground and other bridges over Chicago River taken from Holiday Inn

That's moi, Sirikit. Picture taken from ...errrmm,,, this place...take a guess.

Haha, not Holiday Inn AGPwallah, although the hotel is in the same building. The city and the bridges is/are correct. (Picture taken from Holiday Inn suite). Name the building for the extra goodie.

Other than that,,, over to you:ok:

350 West Mart Center?

Anyway, here's my offering..............

http://www.experientialtravels.com/exp3.jpg

That's the address AGPwallah The building is Chicago SunTimes

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbRZGo-x216dOt6-l9CFAe4RQa-s9e1JIiUfayanl5ldo6ZBhwJw

I have been a frequent guest there (the hotel) and the location is just spectacular!

This one I took at night, overlooking Boeing headquarters and Sears (Willis Tower these days)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/jetmarg/HPIM0787.jpg

Is it in India?

Aha...good one:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQiLUWXAHBIvh6V28Z67C56NaWA8NfxMYMXuCV0rRWxRDCE1CTjuQ

In anticipation of AGPwallah resp, I'll post this challenge:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/jetmarg/earth/dz.jpg

The "Novgorodsky" bell in Ivan the Great Bell Tower in Moscow Kremlin.

Edit: Naw, scrub that. Not an orthodox church bell, but a bell anyhow. From 16th century.

Yes Jetsy, that's the building, located in Hampi, Karnataka, India. A UNESCO world heritage site that's well worth a visit.:ok:

Zygmunt (Sigismund) bell, Wawel Cathedral,Krakow,Poland.

Shall we Open House? Get things moving.

Go ahead and shoot. The ID is good (check Wiki), and jetsy is having a slow Sunday morning, as he should.

As the concensus is OH, here goes........

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/9f816836-7ec1-4677-8212-67b9b3f9ac99.jpg

Union Station, St Louis.

http://ladynomad2005.********.com/2010_05_01_archive.html

Correct Sirikit, although of course it is now an ex-station, being a shopping mall and hotel.:D

Yes, it closed in 1978.

Open House.