Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Oops. Forgot that part. Haven't played this in awhile.

 

The 'nearly golden' was Golders Green, the name of the cemetary, and the 'slip' was of course Freudian...as in giving too much away. Which I did, in classic Freudian fashion.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 18 2007, 10:41 PM) [snapback]527585[/snapback]</div>

Good clue

Golders Green Crematorium

Fields Open. I am going to be away for a while so I won't post as I couldn't give clues if needed.

 

Double post deleted. Weird board behaviour again.

 

I didnt realize Marc Bolan was deceased since 1977.
BTW Jim Morrison is at Pere Lachaise Cemetery a few posts back.

Heres another musical one .Theres a lot of ghosts here as well.It used to be a HQ and studio. More hits came out of here than any other place that comes to mind.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 18 2007, 11:28 PM) [snapback]527623[/snapback]</div>

The first syllable of the name inaccurately refers to the word "engine"

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 19 2007, 12:17 AM) [snapback]527645[/snapback]</div>

Now that's a clue good as a pair of Vice-Grips:
Hitsville USA - in MOTOWN, naturally
--- sometimes incorrectly labeled on maps as "Detroit" but we all know better.

The site below is one of a kind, but can also be found in basements "across the country".

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Clue #2: A 19th century "golden" moment.

 

Man, I didn't mean to stop this game in its tracks --- (wink wink)

 

Ohhh...a golden spike in the transcontinental railway? Which in the US, would have to be Promontory, Utah. [attachmentid=12117]

 

Here's another famous railway location.

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Tain't Donner Pass, nor the highest RR pass in the USA, Rollins Pass.

Checkin' the Orient Express next ---

Whoa - !

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That's way more mileage than I've got the steam to traverse!

Help us out with another clue, Hyo?

MB

 

I thought both the train and the terrain would have given it away. I guess certain things are more famous in some countries than others. Think not of the bird's eye view, but the beauty in the eye of the beholder.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Oct 20 2007, 11:00 AM) [snapback]528206[/snapback]</div>

Ah, I went to the prettiest scenery I could think of ---
The RR across the Alberta-British Columbia border, north of Banff, near Lake Louise
--- and there it was.

But I've never heard of the RR itself as something famous (although I can guess in the area it is - probably even has a name, like our Coast Daylight between Portland and LA). If you see a train in that image you've got better eyes than me - let alone a TYPE of train (passenger coaches with I assume "vista cupolas" or whatever they're called).

Never been to Banff - but it's on my must-visit list before dying.

Field's open ---

MB

 

The town of Field is pretty close, too, as is Banff and Lake Louise. This location is known as Morant's Curve, made famous by the CPR's photographer Nicholas Morant, who found the location ideal for photography.

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