Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Without an airport on it I have no idea what that is. Is it the setting for a TV show? Some celebrity's offshore storage closet? (looks way too small to be some celebrity's home or guest cottage - just barely over an acre). The tip of Mont St. Michel after global warming has raised the sea level? (as projected by GoogleForecastMaps, of course)

Without a runway I'm lost, but perhaps others will see enough to steer them to the right dock.

MB

 

Evan had it right
Fort Sumter

 

ok try this one

i'm interested in the object in the center of the circle
what is it , and whats its historical significance
i saw and photographed the object 2 days ago
a very large number of prii in evicence in this town - i saw several at least a dozen in the 5 days i was there

hints:
no one here would comprehend the word 'y'all'
a historical journey
watch out for the indians
boil sea water to get salt

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Toups @ Aug 1 2007, 10:19 PM) [snapback]489018[/snapback]</div>

By the way, the answer was "High Plains Drifter"

Not to be confused with Hell, Michigan.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pewd @ Aug 2 2007, 10:14 PM) [snapback]489721[/snapback]</div>

Found it. End of the Lewis and Clark expedition!
http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=45.9...p;z=18&om=1

Evan I owe you a chance, do you want to take it yet?

 

and here is the ground level shot from the center of the circle

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pewd @ Aug 2 2007, 10:29 PM) [snapback]489730[/snapback]</div>

Nice shot!

I owe Evan a chance. If he posts I will withdraw. However, here is a site that I searched based on some of the clues to the previous site. However, on second thought, not all of those clues fit here.

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Toups @ Aug 2 2007, 07:37 PM) [snapback]489735[/snapback]</div>

Watch out for Indians was the vital clue -

It's our version of Waterloo: Custer's battlefield at The Little Big Horn

If Evan's owed a landmark he can jump right in and post.


Meanwhile, here's something a little more distant.


Clues:

As a published landmark this one was notorious. It has since been removed from publication.

In fact, I'm surprised it's still visible.

There is indeed an airport "in" this picture too, but it too has been "removed from publication."



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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 3 2007, 08:09 AM) [snapback]489918[/snapback]</div>

I've struck out in your quote above things that won't help you.

The checkered pattern is on a wall, not a road.

In an age of lightspeed electronic gadget enhanced living, this was embarrassingly low-tech.

Don't ignore the third sentence of my original clues.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 3 2007, 10:09 AM) [snapback]489918[/snapback]</div>

I was thinking CIA at Langley, based on the clues, but didn't see an exact match there. Camp David didn't work, although it would match the clues and presence of tennis courts.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nerfer @ Aug 3 2007, 10:44 AM) [snapback]490022[/snapback]</div>

Wrong continent.

And one more clue (this one is difficult, so you'll need the help): Apart from the locals, only a few thousand people in the world, but of many nationalities, would recognize this straight away. And every single one of them would shudder at the memories it would recall.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 3 2007, 11:47 AM) [snapback]490058[/snapback]</div>

My wording has been overstrong - "shudder at the memory" in no way would evoke the menace or ominousness of the above. It would be closer to the way we would "shudder at the memory" of a really bad road, or an especially treacherous hairpin turn (there's another mini-hint).

MB

 

I've pursued a few lines of exploration, to no avail. I'm out of this one! The clues have provided no help, for me, it seems!

 

I may have underestimated this landmark's obscurity - and I apologize for putting up such a stinker.

A few more clues and if it still remains a hard mystery I'll just give in and reveal it.

But first, you're only seeing part of the full picture. I cropped out the part of the picture that would give it away - yes, an airport. Note, however, that without doing that cropping, this landmark would become invisible in the noise of the surrounding landscape - the airport is a fair distance away.

And that airport has been "removed from publication," largely because, while this may be a stinker of a landmark in the game, it was also a stinker of a landmark while it did duty as a real landmark, and like the airport is now no longer a published, official landmark.

There's a fast growing popular website with a library of over a million photos. Photos involving this landmark are among that library's most spectacular standout classics, and will remain so, even though no more will ever be added and the library keeps growing beyond 10,000,000 photos.

Hope that helps re-swing your compasses.

MB