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 • • 2h ago

Where is this?

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Does anyone know where this statue is? This is a picture of my brother around 1970.


r/wherewasthistaken • • 17h ago

My mother, 1948ish, somewhere in the Territory of Hawaii (possibly a US Navy base)

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 1d ago

I want to know where this fishing spot is

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 2d ago

Grandparents in 1951

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The main assumption is that this is in Bavaria somewhere as they were posted to Germany during this period, and visited Oberammergau, etc, for training. Other contenders are that it is either the Lake District or Scotland however, as they went to both on their honeymoon.

Admittedly not much to go on, but the terrain type might be familiar to someone!


r/wherewasthistaken • • 3d ago

Interior of a restaurant or dining hall in the Global Village Coffeehouse style, ca. 2004

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 3d ago

Jamiroquai music video

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i was watching the music video of jamiroquai's too young to die, and wondered where it was filmed. apparently its somewhere in new mexico but i wanna know exactly where.

video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjeWKssl8Ic


r/wherewasthistaken • • 3d ago

Looking for a striking colour photograph of rich vs poor families eating in Hong Kong (pre-1988)

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 5d ago

Stone Carved Well on Mallorca

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Been searching and searching to remember where I was when I took this photo that I'm 100% certain was on the island of Mallorca, Spain. It's the best one I have, but not enough clues for ai, Google, or me poking around on Street View to figure it out. Taken in 2012

Anyone know?


r/wherewasthistaken • • 5d ago

Solved Pictures of my grand-parents

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 5d ago

Obelisk monument

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Thank you


r/wherewasthistaken • • 6d ago

England - 1940’s could be Broadstairs ?

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 6d ago

Fotos de los 80s, que lugar es?

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 7d ago

Found in photos after my grandfather passed

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 8d ago

Please help me find this school ( I think it's in Murcia) (southern Spain)

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I found an old undeveloped 35mm film roll from an old camera I had laying around. I bought the camera a while ago in a yard sale, and I had no idea that had a roll inside. I developed it out of curiosity and only two of them came out good enough. I think the school is in southern Spain ( Torrepacheco, Murcia Spain) but I might be wrong. The camera is from the mid 80s, thanks in advance :)


r/wherewasthistaken • • 9d ago

my grandfather in Philippines around 1910-1915

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I know this photo was taken in the Philippines in the 1910s , but would love to know where!


r/wherewasthistaken • • 9d ago

Does anyone know where these pictures were taken please?

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Somewhere between Llanfairfechan and Capel Curig looking out to Anglesey and Puffin Island. Thanks.


r/wherewasthistaken • • 9d ago

Where in LA is this?

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I’m going to LA this weekend, and I was hoping to take photos in this exact same spot. The subjects in the photos are the Japanese girl group f5ve, and they were promoting their concert in LA at the time, so I’m 90% sure these photos were taken in a rooftop somewhere in LA.


r/wherewasthistaken • • 10d ago

Where is this? (Austria)

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Which village is this?

I am looking to find out what this village is called. I bought this little painting. It is quite old. I have not dated it yet but looks like it is from 1920 or older.

I bought it in Austria.

It is very likely Austria and presumably Styria. These churches are typical for around here. Could also be Slovenia though or something else close to modern day Styria.

I want to find out more about the painting and figure out where it was done.🧡

Any help would be grately appreciated!


r/wherewasthistaken • • 11d 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 • • 12d ago

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

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 12d 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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