You got me!
Until your post (above) I always thought this was simply called the Great Falls (for which the city was named). The falls caused a significant portage for the explorers Lewis and Clark. Here's a page with a "wetter" view....
Well, thanks to CaLOldBlue, I am back to thinking that it was the other dam -- weird -- I know there was a park there (with some very scary warning signs) -- but I think Ryan Dam is more correct. Here's a page from the NPS that tends to support this notion....
Mark
Last edited by Mark Sedenquist; 06-10-2009 at 11:48 AM. Reason: updated info
This IS not in the west
Foy sent me an e-mail suggesting that we've been favoring too many places in the west.... So, here's a building that is NOT in the west. What city is it located in and what does it house?
(Photo by Megan Edwards)
four decades (almost) of training....
We IT types can be so annoyingly detail-oriented at times....Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
RoadTrip Guru & Enthusiast
I agree with Ryan Dam
After CalOldBlue's suggestion, I searched up (but did not save or respond as I feel like that's "cheating" in this very enjoyable ongoing game) an image of Ryan Dam. The overall structure and the outcrops upon which it sits look correct.
And Oh Fudge, I commented to Mark in good faith about the possibility of more East Coast locales to be included in the game, and his first response is to depict architecture, the least observed and least remembered physical phenomenon in my aging memory bank. I won't even hazard a guess on this one. I used up all of my luck, months worth, on Stonington harbor just days ago!
Foy, hoping for mountains, valleys, rivers, and lakes (or beaches).
Guidelines perhaps?
Maybe Mark can (re)post some guidelines... I know some of the images I've posted I would never expect anybody to figure out without a little online research (after clues). The Church on Saint Paul Island and Josie Bassett's cabin for example... interesting locales with interesting stories, but somewhat obscure. If we want to pick obscure locations but give people a shot at finding them then we would have to allow some online research.
Mark; any thoughts? Maybe research only allowed after 24 hours?
To paraphrase a famous movie line.....
Methinks that this is for fun....As a result we "don't need no stinkin' rules-guidelines..." Gen & AZBuck get the credit for starting this -- It's pretty self-regulating, if you post a photo of something that only a handful of people in the world know, you're gonna have to give some hints. Since it's a road trip site, it would be nice if the photo could be accessed via a public roadway -- but again, I don't see any need for any rules (except the usual ones on this forum WRT politeness and decency).
Mark
OK then
I believe this to the the Museum of the American indian on the Mall in Washington D.C.
I haven't personally been there (it was under construction the last time I was in DC), but I have a smidgen of NA in my family tree, and I've been kinda following it... I think I saw a picture of it once and I recall a description of it as having flowing walls etc.
Last edited by Mark Sedenquist; 06-11-2009 at 12:02 AM.
The National Museum of the American Indian
One of it's names is the National Museum of the American Indian, here is Megan's story about her trip the museum shortly after it opened in 2004.
Excellent work!
RoadTrip Guru & Enthusiast
Perhaps I shouldn't be taken quite so seriously
Gents and ladies,
My "cheating" comment was entirely tongue-in-cheek. My thinking, strictly on my own account, is I don't want to affect anybody's enjoyment in researching/thinking/guessing by taking a previously posted guess, doing a bit of research, and jumping back in with some representation or inference that my guess is solely my own.
With politeness and decency as our only guidelines, I say "let the games continue!".
Foy
Hmmmm, much of my digital ARE in the west
Looking over my photo collection -- much of my current digital images were shot in the west.... So, here's another easy one.... I bet you've stood here too?
(photo by Mark Sedenquist)
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