Where in the World?
St. Mark's Campanile (Venice, Italy)
Dominating the skyline of Venice, Italy, the 323-foot-tall St. Mark's Campanile is located in St. Mark's Square, and at its base is a loggia and balcony, all designed and built by Jacopo Sansovino between 1537 and 1549. The balcony was the subject of our May photo.
Monument to Independence of Turkmenistan (Ashgabat)
The structure shown in our April 2020 mystery photo is something that is seen by virtually everyone visiting Ashgabat, the capital of the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan. Sometimes referred to as “The Plunger,” the Monument to the Independence of Turkmenistan is 299 feet tall.
Empress of Ireland Pavilion (Rimouski, Québec, Canada)
Just two years after the sinking of the Titanic, another maritime disaster, one that took the lives of more than 1,000 passengers, occurred near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River in northeastern Canada.
Big Fiddle of the Ceilidh (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Any attraction referred to as “world's largest” is likely to be at least a little bit famous, so it's no wonder so many of our readers correctly named the location in our February mystery photo.
Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral (Granada, Nicaragua)
According to some sources, the first version of Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral (the subject of our January mystery photo), located in Granada, Nicaragua, was built almost 500 years ago, in 1525.
'Big Seated' sculpture (Würzburg, Germany)
Gazing into the sky while seated on a stairway between the Würzburg Cathedral (Dom St. Kilian) and the Museum am Dom in the Bavarian city of Würzburg, Germany, is a life-sized iron statue that looks more like a mummy than a man. Known as the “Big Seated,” this statue was the subject of our December mystery photo.
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque (Provence, France)
Founded in 1148 by Cistercian monks, the Sénanque Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque) was the fourth Cistercian abbey founded in Provence, France. The abbey is the building pictured in our November mystery photo.
Mausoleum of António Agostinho Neto (Luanda, Angola)
The final resting place of the first president of Angola (and the subject of our October photo), the Mausoleum of António Agostinho Neto rises, obelisk-like, 393 feet from the center of Luanda, the capital of Angola. Despite Neto's having died in 1979, the brutalist-style mausoleum was not completed until 2012.
"La Conversacion" sculpture (Old Havana, Cuba)
In Cuba, Old Havana saw a new addition to its Plaza de San Francisco de Asís in May 2012. The bronze abstract statue seen in the September mystery photo portrays two people having a conversation.
Il Pozzo dei Grifi e dei Leoni (Montepulciano, Italy)
Almost 500 years ago, in 1520, Renaissance architect Antonio da Sangallo (Sangallo the Elder) built the structure shown in our August mystery photo.
Sculpture of Hutton's Unconformity (Jedburgh, Scotland)
In May 2006 in southern Scotland, a serpentine-shaped sculpture was unveiled honoring the work of the scientist James Hutton, aka “the father of geology.” Titled “The Eel,” the sculpture represents Hutton's Unconformity, the rock formation at eastern Scotland's Siccar Point that inspired Hutton's revolutionary theories
Petrovaradin Fortress clock tower (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Over 300 years ago, the clock tower seen in our June 2019 “mystery photo” was created to be part of the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, northern Serbia.
Veliki Tabor Castle (Croatia)
Including elements of Late Gothic and Renaissance architecture, the structure shown in our May mystery photo is a fort that has stood atop Mt. Hum Košnički in northwestern Croatia since the mid-15th century.
Statue of Ingolfur Arnarson (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Recognized as one of the first permanent Norse settlers of Reykjavík, Iceland, Ingólfur Arnarson is believed to have settled on the west coast of Iceland in 874, along with his wife and foster brother.
'Courage' monument (Brest, Belarus)
Four years after the Central Committee of the Byelorussian Communist Party gave its approval for construction to begin on the Brest Hero Fortress, the war-memorial complex was opened on Sept. 25, 1971, in Brest, Belarus. Within the complex, the main monument, “Courage,” is the statue seen in our March mystery photo.
Umeda Sky Building (Osaka, Japan)
Visitors to the site pictured in our February-issue mystery photo are rewarded with a 360-degree view of Osaka, Japan, and a panorama of Osaka Bay.
Amphitheatre of El Djem, Tunisia
Although modeled after the well-known Colosseum in Rome, the structure seen in our January mystery photo was recognized by most of those submitting answers this month as the Amphitheatre of El Djem (a town formerly called Thysdrus) in the North African country of Tunisia.
Monument of Ancient People and Pioneers of Ushaia (Argentina)
When the design for the monument pictured in our December 2018 mystery photo was chosen from five different contest entries in May 2015, it had already been “waiting 20 years to be built,” according to the mayor of Ushuaia, Argentina.
Monument to the Wind (Puerto Natales, Chile)
“The monument blends the area's raging winds with an amazing view of distant, glacier-topped peaks and a glacial lake.” This is how the contributor of November's mystery photo described the spot where she captured this sculpture on film.
Monument to Russian Navy (Moscow, Russia)
The 322-foot-tall statue pictured in our October 2018 mystery photo has an interesting history.