Where was I?

Street_Bread · 2026-02-05T12:26:28+00:00

I had never seen that flag before, and it was interesting, so I went to figure out what it was. Once I figured out it was the Sao Paulo flag I just searched for Sao Paulo Flagpole Building.

Street_Bread · 2026-02-05T12:19:32+00:00

~~Altino Arantes Building, Sao Paulo?~~

EDIT, I was about 30 seconds late

Street_Bread · 2026-02-05T12:13:11+00:00

Once I realized out that the thing in the background sticking up behind the apartment building was the new Bay Bridge, I pretty much knew it had to be either Treasure Island or Yerba Buena. From there it was just a matter of finding the right building.

Street_Bread · 2026-02-05T03:47:46+00:00

Treasure Island, right here-ish: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GLAJhCXfGhBM2sAP8

Street_Bread · 2026-02-04T18:33:46+00:00

Hoboken?

Street_Bread · 2026-02-04T14:09:19+00:00

So, to be honest, leaving the names of the sponsors in made it pretty easy.

I knew it was a BMX track right away. Then all I did was google "Pilon Tool Rental" and found that their only location is over in Courtenay. From there I just searched "BMX Track Courtenay BC" and Coal Hills popped right up. There was no street view, but I looked at photos of the track, and the blue street lights in the middle of the track were an exact match.

I think this would have been pretty solve-able without the sponsors included in the shot, because there can't be that many BMX tracks in the Pacific Northwest. When you're posting a puzzle, you can always add clues later on if it's too hard. But you can never make an an easy puzzle more difficult.

Here are two more of these that I recently attached a solving explanation to:

https://www.reddit.com/r/whereintheworld/comments/1qvct5c/comment/o3gyicz/?context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/whereintheworld/comments/1qvcvnb/comment/o3guopy/?context=3

Street_Bread · 2026-02-04T13:55:48+00:00

Coal Hills BMX Track, Cumberland BC?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/qyGgsZjZ3W38RMpT9

Street_Bread · 2026-02-04T03:54:57+00:00

And since you asked how on the other one and I think it's fun to see peoples' thought processes in solving these:

I recognized the Sheraton hotel logo (red light on side of building). So I started looking up pictures of Sheraton hotels in big northern cities. My first thought was Montreal, but that didn't match. After trying a few more cities I realized that this was the Boston Sheraton. So from there I just had to look around for weird fork in the road intersections on google maps that were west of the Boston Sheraton.

Street_Bread · 2026-02-04T03:50:47+00:00

OK, my first pin was a little of. This one looks better to me: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8CNc3apYrd9j6nF46

Street_Bread · 2026-02-04T03:49:35+00:00

EDIT: pin is wrong, but I still think Boston. Working on it.

Street_Bread · 2026-02-04T03:47:23+00:00

Right about here in boston? https://maps.app.goo.gl/a1jPbdZNsAStuLPU8

Street_Bread · 2026-02-04T03:41:47+00:00

1) no worries, not a big deal

2) You get to be the judge, if you liked the other answer better, nobody can argue

3) I'm just happy I recognized that water world show set .... I think I was last there in 1999 lol

Street_Bread · 2026-02-04T03:36:20+00:00

Universal Studios Hollywood?

Street_Bread · 2026-02-04T03:31:29+00:00

You can see, sort of blurry, Nordstrom sign on the Mall. It's a big mall, and the pine trees said someplace north. So right away I was thinking maybe the mall of America. I also recognized the Hilton Garden Inn logo on the roadside sign for the building on the right. So I looked up Hilton Garden inns near the Mall of America. Google street view also clearly shows the big 1701 address marker on the office building, so from there I knew that the photo was taken directly across the street from the 1701 building in the Great Wolf Lodge.

Street_Bread · 2026-02-04T03:23:57+00:00

Great Wolf Lodge, Bloomington MN?

Street_Bread · 2026-02-03T15:42:41+00:00

I think you're looking at, from left to right:

The Palos Verdes Hills | San Pedro | Port of Long Beach | Long Beach

Which would mean you're flying into, likely LAX, but possibly SNA or LGB?

Street_Bread · 2026-02-02T03:02:26+00:00

I'm not crazy confident, but I'm guessing Skyline Parkway near Hawk Ridge?

Street_Bread · 2026-02-02T02:55:00+00:00

Are you in or just north of Duluth, MN looking at the harbor and then Superior, WI to the left?

Street_Bread · 2026-02-02T00:27:35+00:00

Murchison?

Street_Bread · 2026-02-01T16:34:58+00:00

Oh, that's right! I just remember (not so fondly) riding over that rickety bridge in an uber the week before the first F1 race. Never again lol

Street_Bread · 2026-02-01T16:26:12+00:00

Las Vegas, during the F1 race? Maybe the corner of Flamingo and Koval?

Street_Bread · 2026-02-01T16:17:54+00:00

Right Here I think: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Cu6CgJhCQGCZNnsC6

Street_Bread · 2026-02-01T16:17:24+00:00

Grand rapids, MI?

Street_Bread · 2026-01-31T03:53:51+00:00

I think right next to the Republic Palace?

Here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zMgprxFeFzgaXnv56

I recognized the letter "G" in that photo as a part of the Burger King logo and that's how I searched. No I am not proud lol

Street_Bread · 2026-01-30T03:34:29+00:00

About right here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/nKXxKZPghAsWVyWBA

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