Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 11 2007, 01:31 PM) [snapback]524184[/snapback]</div>

Having problems posting today.. let's see if this works:
It's the Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar, located here.

I got an idea, let's see if I can get it up in a reasonable time.

 

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No clues yet.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nerfer @ Oct 11 2007, 04:02 PM) [snapback]524235[/snapback]</div>

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.074411,-8...p;z=18&om=1
Bahá'í House of Worship, Wilmette, Illinois.
I didnt find it until I noticed that the landscaping wasnt finished yet.Googled "new mosque nine fountains"


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 11 2007, 06:16 PM) [snapback]524280[/snapback]</div>

This place is a record holder of oldest.[attachmentid=11950]

 

This is at the entrance
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 11 2007, 06:20 PM) [snapback]524280[/snapback]</div>

It predates the Great Pyramid of Giza by 500 yrs and Stonehenge by a millenium.[attachmentid=11955]

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 11 2007, 11:00 PM) [snapback]524410[/snapback]</div>

At sunrise on the winter solstice, the sun shines directly along a corridor into a chamber.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 12 2007, 02:18 AM) [snapback]524451[/snapback]</div>

I know this site. It has been on TV many times. I just can't remember enough about it to find it. I think it is just east of St. Louis but I can't find it.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bestmapman @ Oct 12 2007, 09:54 AM) [snapback]524605[/snapback]</div>

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Hold off a few hours if you can, Evan, I'm still trying to connect an overdressed young woman a thousand years older than Stonehenge with a harp on a TV set east of St.Louis and a glass of root beer - NOT an easy association, let me tell you! But something'll click here (although I strongly doubt that young lady's as old as Mojo claims - he needs to put on some glasses).

MB

OK, here it is --- Newgrange Chamber Burial Mound, near Drogheda, Ireland

The word "shield" finally helped out (I guess that must be Brooke up there flaunting her good looks at such an advanced age - no one had the least suspicion, I'm sure)

History of the Mound Here

What the glass of root beer had to do with any of this I'm still trying to puzzle out - but Evan (or anyone), if you're all set with another picture, go ahead. I've got a meeting that started five minutes ago ---

MB

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Oct 12 2007, 04:04 PM) [snapback]524816[/snapback]</div>

LOL I agree that Kathy Ireland is a bit overdressed.
The harp is Irelands coat of arms.
Thats Guinness and a potato

 

Is it o.k. to post a new place? If so:
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(orionll @ Oct 12 2007, 04:21 PM) [snapback]524836[/snapback]</div>

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=U...p;z=10&om=1
Something satisfying about finding a needle in a haystack.
Some island east of New Guinea

The resolution here goes to 200 ft.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=U...p;z=18&om=1

 

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Mojo, I've been there so was able to recognize it, but NOBODY is gonna have the slightest idea what it even is they're supposed to look for from the image shown. I HIGHLY recommend you supply some clues, while I sit this one out on the "Instant Recognition" sofa.

And how do you even know about this place yourself? Have you been there? It's WELL off the beaten track - I'll wager Antarctica gets more tourists than here (if a royal edict we complied with in 1999 is still in force).

MB

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Oct 13 2007, 01:08 AM) [snapback]525018[/snapback]</div>

No I havent been there ,I have a friend who did volunteer physical therapy teaching in this country.
Not many tourists in the country and this place in particular is off limits to foreigners without special permission.
Clue ,over 10000 ft

 

Great trip over the Himalayas! Thanks