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Where Am I?

Where Am I?

January-February 2014 ‘Where Am I?’ winner, location revealed

February 27, 2014 0

You don’t have to be an astronaut to recognize the terrain in our January-February “Where Am I? – Rise From the Ashes” contest. 284 readers submitted their guess of the mystery location, and we randomly

Sept-Oct Where Am I Contest
Where Am I?

September-October ‘Where Am I?’ winner, location revealed

October 23, 2013 2

One look at the photo is all it took for our September-October “Where Am I?” winner to recognize the mystery location: the Wind River Range in Wyoming. 142 readers submitted their guesses and random number

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May-June 2013 ‘Where Am I?’ winner and location revealed

July 30, 2013 0

Nothing beats a day on the water — in my opinion, at least. Especially when you’re aboard a sailboat exploring new-to-you waters. The secret location in the May-June 2013 “Where Am I?” contest is a

Where Am I?

March-April ‘Where Am I?’ contest location—and winner!—revealed

April 23, 2013 0

It’s a peculiar vision to see snow-capped mountains and dusty, hot sand all in the same line of sight. But these two geographic elements intertwine at the secret destination in the March-April “Where Am I?”

Where Am I?

January-February ‘Where Am I?’ contest location, winner revealed

February 19, 2013 1

You might need to put on a jacket if you spend too much time studying the mystery photo from the January-February “Where Am I? — Freeze Frame” contest. The frosty scene appears to have stumped

Fun

November-December ‘Where Am I?’ contest winner, location revealed

January 2, 2013 0

Aloha! We received a tremendous response to the November-December “Where Am I?” contest, which racked up 466 entries — 395 of those were correct guesses! The answer to the riddle? Pu’u Loa Petroglyphs, located in the Hawai’i

Sept-Oct Where Am I image
Where Am I?

September-October ‘Where Am I?’ winner and location revealed

October 22, 2012 1

What a view! And it’s one that doesn’t come without a little effort, either. If you want to perch atop this rock wall, you’ve got to rope up and climb nearly 75 feet of vertical

Where Am I? July-August 2012
Where Am I?

July-August ‘Where Am I?’ location—and winner!—revealed

August 15, 2012 3

Researching far-off destinations for the “Where Am I?” contests is one of my favorite things to do while on the job. Why? Because I always find myself in awe of how many cool places exist

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