r/wherewasthistaken • • Jul 31 '26

Reminder: No 'Low Effort' Posts, Please

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Hello everyone. First of all, thanks to all of you for making this sub what it is today. This community literally IS the subreddit and how we go about not just identifying locations but also interacting with each other here is a reflection of that. For a community of this size, the mods honestly have very little 'crowd control' to worry about in the comments.

I do want to bring to everyone's attention to a recent change in the subreddit rules. We've been seeing a big increase in what we're calling 'low-effort' posts - basically just a picture and a subject line with very little information provided about the image. In some cases, the location is pretty obvious or could be determined with a simple google search. These posts don't really add anything to the community, so Rule #1 now covers Low-Effort Posts as described.

Thanks again, all. Hope this updates helps keep our subreddit full of high quality content for everyone.


r/wherewasthistaken • • 1h ago

Need help finding where the area of these pictures are

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 20h ago

Promotional (?) photo of 2 girls and a boy (?) in a drug store.

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Please help me date and identify the location of this image!


r/wherewasthistaken • • 1d ago

Help to ID place/elephant in NYC (1937-1942)

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 1d ago

help me find this vietnamese street to enjoy again the restaurant where i ate

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 1d ago

Hi everyone, ​I am looking for help identifying a specific lake located in the central part of Jutland (Jylland), Denmark. ​According to local history/stories, a significant amount of ammunition from World War II was dumped in this lake. I have a photo of the location as well as an old map. ​If anyo

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 2d ago

Where is the interior of this WW2 Church?

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In the 723rd edition of the German propaganda show Die Deutsche Wochenschau, there is a clip of a German soldier playing the organ inside of a severely damaged church.

The exterior shot of the church has been successfully identified as the Église Saint-Pierre in the village of Maizieres, south of Caen, however that church is not the same as the one filmed from the interior, since the architectural layouts don't match up.

Shortly before the scene there is a shot of a roadsign and in the archived text version the villages of Avranches and Vire in Northern France are mentioned shortly before the scene with the organ, meaning the propaganda film crew were moving around the area of Normandy shooting propaganda footage around July 1st 1944. The episode itself is dated to July 13th 1944.

It is worth noting that because this is reel made for propaganda, the story presented may be faked, and random footage may have been jumbled up to fabricate the story in the reel. The interior of the church may also have been recorded someplace else outside the area it is presented to be filmed in under for the production of this propaganda reel.

There is also a possibility that the church may have been demolished after the war like with many other damaged churches.

The clip exists of higher quality in the full 723rd episode, with the organ scene beginning at the 13:43 mark.

If anyone knows anything about this mystery please let me know!

Point of view from the organ overlooking the unidentified church
Exterior church identified as Église Saint-Pierre de Maizières
Point of view from the floor filming the organ loft of the unidentified church

r/wherewasthistaken • • 2d ago

Pictures from 1994, Erdut, Dalj, or Aljmas area.

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 2d ago

Trying to Find Exact Location - South Eastern Utah/Moab/Canyonlands

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 3d ago

WW2 picture from Crimea (?). Where and who?

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WW2 photo taken by my great-grandfather. He was stationed on Crimea / near the Black Sea for a while. Does anyone have an idea where and more importantly who this might be?

I know nothing about Wehrmacht uniforms, but these guys look important.

Alternatively it could also be France but that's much less likely.

Thanks!


r/wherewasthistaken • • 3d ago

Help to ID location/skyscraper - Manhattan 1939

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 3d ago

Beaches in SW Ireland, taken in August 1998

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Photos taken in August 1998 in Ireland, driving from Galway to Cork, along the coast. I'd like to identify exact beaches (probably not the same beach in the two pictures, but not sure). Thank you!


r/wherewasthistaken • • 3d ago

Can anyone identify location/name of this church based on the unique steeple? Believe it's either in Philadelphia or NYC, most likely Philly. Trying to pinpoint the exact church and realize it's not much to go off of and also not sure if the building is still standing, photo is dated late 1950s.

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 3d ago

Where was this filmed?

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The Gentlemen (Netflix) 2024 Series 1 Episode 2


r/wherewasthistaken • • 3d ago

I was given a suitcase of family photos and am trying to find where this was taken. No date, probably around 1940’s

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 3d ago

90s Photographic Competition Entry, Location?!

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 4d ago

Solved Which street in central Athens in 1987?

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I’ve been trying to identify which street this photo was taken on in central Athens in 1987 but with no luck - please help!

My partner took it on her travels and remembers it being close to Monastiraki.

AI (which I’ve used to sharpen the image) says it’s close to the Central Market but comes up with a different street suggestion every time I ask and none has been right so far.

The signs are almost but not quite useful - the one on the bottom right says tourist travel, the one on the left says warehouse, and I think in the distant left one says gyros.

Any help would be appreciated - so far this sub has helped us to identify her 1987 travel locations in Piraeus and Malgrat de Mar so here’s hoping!


r/wherewasthistaken • • 4d ago

Where was the bridge scene in the music video for No Excuses filmed?

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I was watching the music video for No Excuses and right at the beginning there's this bridge scene at the beginning with a man running across it and I got to thinking, where was this filmed? Going off of the catenary lines (more shown in the 2nd photo) and the silhouettes of PRR position light signals it has to be on the Northeast Corridor and some evidence suggests its Dock Bridge in Newark, New Jersey but I figured I'd let others weigh in if they know more.


r/wherewasthistaken • • 4d ago

Photo of my grandmother circa 1950s

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 4d ago

My great grandfather took this photo - probably in India, possibly in Patiala. It's quite a distinctive building and we're trying to figure out where it is/was. The photo was probably taken between 1917 and 1927. Any help greatly appreciated

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 4d ago

Does anyone know where this place is?

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 4d ago

Any Michigan GeoGuessr Experts? Help me find out where it is on I-75

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Attention Michigan GeoGuessr experts! I would love to figure out the location of this photo.

It was on I-75, potentially a rest area, heading North. My family was on a road trip departing from Michigan State University (East Lansing) to Kitch-iti-kipi in Upper Penninsula in July 1993. Yup, that little one was me.

Now I have returned to Michigan as a proud resident, I would very much like to revisit where my parents took me. I literally could not remember and neither could they...

Greatly appreciate your help!


r/wherewasthistaken • • 4d ago

Im Not Sure If People can Triangulate This Photo Spot But I'm Trying To Get This Old Pic Copied On My New Camera

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1st is the original Photo, and a top down view with the buildings and the general area, im trying to pin down the exact spot but im stuck :p


r/wherewasthistaken • • 5d ago

[DHS: 27-0004] 21-OCT-2026 Do you recognize this bench or mountain range?

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This is a matter of identifying a location linked to an active child abuse case.


r/wherewasthistaken • • 5d ago

Can anyone identify this exact location in the Italian Dolomites?

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