Can You Identify This Building?

1. catsvillage
   October 27th, 2009 at 11:39 pm

   Kremlin?

2. buddhaflow
   October 27th, 2009 at 11:42 pm

   Could it be the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England?

3. buddhaflow
   October 27th, 2009 at 11:47 pm

   It only somewhat looks like that building, but this is definitely a beach scene. They are wearing the perfect Victorian beach get up

   But look in front of them, at those pieces of fabric. I'm willing to bet they are swimming trunks drying in the sun.

4. Miss Cellania
   October 27th, 2009 at 11:49 pm

   There is an enlarged picture of the building alone at Curious Expeditions (the link). If you think you know it, leave a comment there as well as here.

5. algomeysa
   October 27th, 2009 at 11:49 pm

   "Today, almost as legendary is Florida's XANADU - world's largest private pleasure ground. Here, on the deserts of the Gulf Coast, a private mountain was commissioned, successfully built for its landlord, Charles Foster Kane!"

6. Pooja
   October 28th, 2009 at 12:05 am

   Looks like it's in Eastern Europe somewhere because of the architecture.

7. Johnny Cat
   October 28th, 2009 at 1:07 am

   ooo, a treasure hunt of sorts! Good form!

8. Tim Giachetti
   October 28th, 2009 at 1:08 am

   The royal palace of russia's last czar Nicholas II

9. Joe
   October 28th, 2009 at 1:12 am

   Hey! That's my house!

10. ngan
    October 28th, 2009 at 1:13 am

    yeah, looks very russian... probably a orthodox cathedral demolished by stalin during the height of the cold war.

11. Abbey
    October 28th, 2009 at 1:36 am

    Your momma's house!

12. wit of a twit
    October 28th, 2009 at 3:28 am

    I remember seeing a documentary/travel show that went on a road trip through the US. In it there was this large lake front resort (in Utah maybe) that kinda sat in the middle of nowhere. It burned down a few times but was rebuilt. It kinda looked like the building in the background. I did a quick Google search and couldn't find anything.

13. Zecc
    October 28th, 2009 at 4:12 am

    Is that William Shatner with the umbrella?
    Anyway, they should have the CSI team make a zoom on that plaque by the fort's door.

14. AaronA1C
    October 28th, 2009 at 4:52 am

    I thought for sure it was the Omaha Worlds Fair of 1898. (unotv.unomaha.edu/wte/wteov.html) Unfortunately, no.

15. b°b
    October 28th, 2009 at 6:08 am

    @wit of a twit: you mean Saltair resort... that's slightly the same, but not the answer. http://images.google.nl/images?q=saltair%20resort

16. ejmmf
    October 28th, 2009 at 6:17 am

    Yea Im going with Brighton Pavillion

17. Sindigo
    October 28th, 2009 at 7:14 am

    Definitely not Brighton. The building is far too tall and that looks like a Sandy beach, which Brighton doesn't have.

18. Doobiedo
    October 28th, 2009 at 7:39 am

    i can see the Brighton pavillion from where i'm sat and that isn't it

19. annk
    October 28th, 2009 at 8:19 am

    Chicago World's Fair

20. Johnny Cat
    October 28th, 2009 at 10:30 am

    Looks like Seth Rogen to me.

21. Randall
    October 28th, 2009 at 10:46 am

    Its a tent.

22. Justin
    October 28th, 2009 at 11:56 am

    I'm going to look into this, but from first glance I don't think it's European. The tops of those domes have no crosses which make me think Either middle eastern or Indian.

    Right now I'm leaning towards middle eastern, but I'll dig deeper.

23. Gauldar
    October 28th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    Hey you kids get off my desert lawn!

24. Mark W
    October 28th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    Gripsholm Castle:

    On the shores of Lake Mälaren, Gripsholm Castle towers powerfully and fairytale-like over the idyllic small town of Mariefred in Södermanland.

    Gripsholm is known as Gustav Vasa’s castle, as it was he who built the castle here in 1537.

    - from the website http://www.royalcourt.se

25. elizabeth
    October 28th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    I was thinking Saltair too! Setting for the film Carnival of Souls - http://www.criterion.com/films/607 . If not that, I'm stumped.

26. carye1
    October 28th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    I left this comment on curiousexpeditions:

    I believe that this was taken at a nanotorium or sanitarium somewhere in America or Canada. Hot spring fed pools were very fashionable during the late 1800s, and were built all across the US. Their use was believed to cure many ailments from dry skin to serious diseases. Commonly, they were built in a style similar to this, and it was common for construction costs to rise near the million dollar mark - quite a lot of money now, an outrageous amount then. Some examples of these types of structures would be Saltair in Utah, the Bath House at Cedar Point Ohio, the Broadwater in Helena, Montana, adn the Santa Cruz Nanatorium in Santa Cruz California. Sadly, very few of them remain.

    And while I am not sure what or where this is, I do know what it is not — This is definately not the Royal Pavilion, wrong color and the archictecture is different - the Pavilion has columns and details while these walls are smooth. The pavilion is made with stone, while this appears to be made of brick. Seeing as the picture came from England, it could be near the Brighton Pier, but I am skeptical — the architecture is just too different.

    And while similar, this also isn’t Gripsholm Castle, as this building is rounded on the upper half and much smaller than the Castle. And the Castle has domes, not the onion spires.

    The structure isnt a tent, like the ones in Haga Park in Sweden; it has too many details like the battlements.

    Also not Saltair or Coney Island - this Structure is definately round (at least the top portion) while both Saltair and Coney Island are both more square. Both Saltair and Coney Island are huge structures; while our mystery building is much smaller.

27. Adam Stanhope
    October 28th, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    Brighton, south coast of the UK.

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