Comments on: Can You Identify This Building?

By: Adam Stanhope

Adam Stanhope — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:04:26 +0000

Brighton, south coast of the UK.

By: carye1

carye1 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:03:09 +0000

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.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:09:59 +0000

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

By: Mark W

Mark W — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:26:23 +0000

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

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:27:36 +0000

Hey you kids get off my desert lawn!

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:56:22 +0000

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.

By: Randall

Randall — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:46:14 +0000

Its a tent.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:30:31 +0000

Looks like Seth Rogen to me.

By: annk

annk — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:19:45 +0000

Chicago World’s Fair

By: Doobiedo

Doobiedo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:39:19 +0000

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

By: Sindigo

Sindigo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:14:45 +0000

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

By: ejmmf

ejmmf — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:17:26 +0000

Yea Im going with Brighton Pavillion

By: b°b

b°b — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:08:44 +0000

@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

By: AaronA1C

AaronA1C — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:52:07 +0000

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

By: Zecc

Zecc — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:12:05 +0000

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.

By: wit of a twit

wit of a twit — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:28:59 +0000

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.

By: Abbey

Abbey — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:36:05 +0000

Your momma’s house!

By: ngan

ngan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:13:54 +0000

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

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:12:24 +0000

Hey! That’s my house!

By: Tim Giachetti

Tim Giachetti — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:08:48 +0000

The royal palace of russia’s last czar Nicholas II

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:07:04 +0000

ooo, a treasure hunt of sorts! Good form!

By: Pooja

Pooja — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:05:18 +0000

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

By: algomeysa

algomeysa — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:49:56 +0000

“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!”

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:49:42 +0000

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.

By: buddhaflow

buddhaflow — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:47:22 +0000

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.

By: buddhaflow

buddhaflow — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:42:23 +0000

Could it be the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England?

By: catsvillage

catsvillage — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:39:55 +0000

Kremlin?