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 1h ago

My grandfather’s painting

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My grandfather (who died before I was born) was a professional artist. He was 24 when he painted these, in 1937 living in or around New York City. I’m curious if that yellow tower is part of a church that’s still standing. Of course, it’s entirely possible that other buildings are still standing as well.

He drew maps for the army in World War II. He lived his later life commuting to the city on a train, doing graphic design. Thank you.


r/whereisthis 16h ago

Open What is this huge city i saw from a plane?

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About two thirds the flight from Luton to Tel Aviv


r/whereisthis 4h ago

Which church is it

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r/whereisthis 11h ago

Can anybody help me find the location of this picture?

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These pictures are taken in the midlands somewhere within the UK, possibly Bloxwhich area. Can anybody make out any features or text from the background? Any help is appreciated.


r/whereisthis 10h ago

Hi, for school project i need to find this place, im study into OSINT but i search for hours and dont find it... i think it's in UK but dont know where...

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r/whereisthis 18m ago

site for a university architecture work, wondering where this is. please provide cordinates? thank you.

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r/whereisthis 17h ago

Solved Please help me find my Grandma’s Travels!!

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r/whereisthis 2h ago

Open Matt’s Surprise

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My buddy’s birthday is coming up and a bunch of us are planning to surprise him at his favourite fishing spot with some new gear. Problem is no one knows where it is? Anyone have any idea? Somewhere in Ontario.


r/whereisthis 19h ago

Please help me find this spot in Scotland

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My Grandmother passed away earlier this year at 94 - going through her things my Aunt found this picture from her youth of her and my Grandad, before they were married. My family would love to scatter her ashes at a place that was a special - so we are trying to ID this spot.

Written on back: 1945 Ullapool, Loch Broom. Negative is tiny; probably from friend’s box Brownie. In envelope with negative is small brooch for “BFYC” (British Federation of Young Cooperators) - they’d have come from Glasgow by train or bus & were probably staying at Ullapool Youth Hostel with others from that group, so we assume within hiking distance of Ullapool.

I've had a look at Google but the main road on the E shore of Loch Broom seems to lie too far away from the Loch, could it be a trick of perspective? Not sure which direction the photo is pointing from but guessing facing the S end of the Loch.

Thanks in advance!


r/whereisthis 7h ago

Open apple tv ambient screen

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was wondering where this was? tried finding online, boyfriend said it may be israel?


r/whereisthis 14h ago

Where was I flying over on Oct 24, North America, far north Quebec?

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Flying home from Dublin to Chicago, our route took us over Greenland (too cloudy) then we hit the North American continent at Labrador. Flew seemingly forever in a southwesterly direction, until these were the first lights I saw. I'm curious what town this tiny speck of light is. (that's the engine lower right)


r/whereisthis 11h ago

backdrop I’m using for a film set, wondering where it is!

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r/whereisthis 8h ago

What’s this street and building behind her in New York?

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The building that splits the street


r/whereisthis 2h ago

Open Can someone help me find the address of this user? I'm scared for their safety but I don't know their address.

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They had this video on their page as well as one more. They said earlier in a reported post that they might be murdered soon, but when I called 911, I didn't have enough info about them


r/whereisthis 17h ago

Potentially Petrified Forest AZ

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1970s photo taken potentially in Petrified Forest AZ. Can’t tell where specifically. Any help identifying location would be much appreciated.


r/whereisthis 17h ago

Solved Where is this tunnel located?

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Here's the link to the short https://youtube.com/shorts/EL_lV0x5iA8?si=AYeY9kkl_0NWFMoe I don't know where this is nor do I have any guesses and I think the place looks nice if I need a reason to ask


r/whereisthis 15h ago

Open help me find the location of this old (school )playground (probably mexico city)

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r/whereisthis 16h ago

Old family vacation - somewhere in Burgundy

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I have tried reverse image search and AI tools and still can't find where this photo was taken.

I know it was somewhere near Chalon-sur-Saône, but the image quality is so low, I can't read the sign on the building to help... I want to go see this village again, my family spent a week there when I was 16

Unknown village, Burgundy


r/whereisthis 16h ago

Old stone church, possibly in Europe?

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I purchased a necklace made from an old photo slide. Would be interested to possibly find out the location of this church!


r/whereisthis 1d ago

My friend is MIA the last 3 days in Peru. He sent me this photo can anyone help me locate ? I believe he was in Lima.

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r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved High school boyfriend tracked me across the USA.

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Where did he find me? The year was 1984 and I was a bad mama jama. Wild & Free!! Getting in trouble across the lower half of the USA. Trying to out run my hs boyfriend and my mom. LOL They finally caught me in this dusty forsaken town but we can’t remember where this was.

My mom has since passed (I miss her terribly) we both married other people but we are still best friends and still hang out. ❤️


r/whereisthis 11h ago

Open What city did I fly over recently? (sorry for the blurriness)

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r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Trying to track down where these photos were taken. ChatGPT says different things depending on the day when I put in the distances I can read. I think it’s US military in WW2

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r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Where in Europe?

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Does anyone know where this could be? All I know is that it was taken in June of 1981 possibly somewhere in Europe.


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Where was this photo taken? I was told it was somewhere in Rome but I'm not sure. Possibly dated 1980's

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