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Where in the World
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'Where in the World' is an interactive web based game where you try to locate notable places or historical events on a map.

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Around 1200 CE, the largest cliff dwelling in North America was built. Known as Cliff Palace, it contains over 150 rooms.

Click to see the location on a #map: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=173&type=q

More info: www.patreon.com/posts/cliff-...

#History #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #Geography
Photo image of Cliff Palace which shows the structures of sandstone and mortar under a cliff.
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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On November 4th, 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discovered the entrance to King Tut's tomb.

Click to see the location on a #map: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=34&type=q

For more details on the tomb, visit: www.patreon.com/posts/tomb-o...

#History #Archaeology #Geography
Color photo of the tomb and coffin of Tutankhamun.
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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1/ Cahokia was the largest pre-Columbian urban area north of Mexico on the North American continent. At its peak, around 1000 years ago, it may have had a population of 40,000 people.

Can you find Cahokia on a #map? www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=177&type=q

#History #Geography #NativeNations
Color illustration of Cahokia - with mounds buildings seen over a large area.
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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On Nov 1st. 1755, a major European Capital is nearly destroyed by an earthquake. Collapsing buildings, tsunamis and fires take thousands of lives.

Can you find the city on a #map? www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=206&type=q

For more info: www.patreon.com/posts/1755-e...

#history #geography #science
Painting of a collapsed building caused by the 1755 earthquake.
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Happy #Halloween - Of the two castles said to be 'Dracula's Castle' (Bran and Poenari), Poenari seems more legitimate as Vlad the Impaler lived there and little evidence that he even visited Bran.

Click to find Poenari Castle on a #map: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=183&type=q

#History #Geography
Color photo of the ruins of Poenari Castle.
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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#HalloweenWeek - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein had many inspirations. One may be the actual Frankenstein Castle itself and one of its nearby residents who was rumored to dig up dead bodies.

Click to find the castle and learn more: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=204&type=q

#Halloween #History #Maps
Sepia tinted image of Frankenstein Castle.
October 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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#HalloweenWeek - In 1816, Mary Shelley became inspired to write Frankenstein as a challenge from Lord Byron to write a ghost story while they and friends were spending the summer together.

Click to guess where this was: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=123&type=q

#Halloween #History #Geography
Black and white drawing of Frankenstein and the monster in a lab together.
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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#HalloweenWeek - these underground catacombs contain the remains of over 6 million people, including some famous revolutionaries. Can you locate on a map where they are?

Click to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=205&type=q

#Halloween #History #Geography
A sepia tinted photo of a wall lined with human skulls and bones.
October 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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#HalloweenWeek - Area 51 is a military base that has been subject to many conspiracy theories and UFO folklore. Can you locate it on a map?

Click to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=205&type=q

#Halloween #History #Geography
A color photo of a desert landscape with a large white and red sign indicating the area beyond the sign is a restricted area.
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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#HalloweenWeek - can you find the location for the Washington Irving story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' in which Ichabod Crane is chased by a Headless Horseman?

Click to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=184&type=q

#Halloween #Literature #History #Geography
Painting of the Headless Horseman on a horse chasing Ichadbod Crane who is also riding a horse in a forested area.
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#OTD October 16th in 1859, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry started. Abolitionist Brown and his followers tried to start a slave revolt to end slavery in the US.

Can you locate on a #map where the raid took place?

Click to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=152&type=q

#History #JohnBrown
Black and white drawing of John Brown's raid. Groups of men battling in a building.
October 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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On Oct. 14th, 1926, the book 'Winnie-the-Pooh' by A. A. Milne was published. The delightful stories of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends take place in the fictional 'Hundred Acre Wood', which was inspired by a real place.

Click to guess the inspired location:
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=98&type=q
Black and white drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet walking away in a slightly forested area.
October 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Jane Goodall died yesterday (October 1st) at the age of 91.

Can you locate on a #map where she conducted her most well known studies of chimpanzees?

Click the link to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=115&type=q

#JaneGoodall #Science #Nature
Color photo of Jane Goodall reaching her hand out to a young chimpanzee.
October 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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#OTD September 28th in 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first broadly effective anti-biotic. Penicillin has saved millions of lives.

Can you locate on a #map where Fleming made this discovery?
Click to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=119&type=q

#History #Science #Geography
Color photo of Alexander Fleming sitting in a lab with a Petri dish looking at the camera dressed in a suit and lab coat.
September 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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#OTD September 24th in 1906, the geologic feature Devils Tower was established as the first United States national monument.

Can you locate on a #map where Devils Tower is located?
Click the link to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=202&type=q

#History #Geology #TodayInHistory #OnThisDay
Black and white image of the geologic feature Devils Tower.
September 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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#OTD Sept. 20th in 1878, Upton Sinclair, the author of 'The Jungle' was born. The book exposed the poor labor and sanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry.

Can you locate on a #map where 'The Jungle' takes place?
Click to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=182&type=q

#History #Books
The image is a photo of the cover of the book 'The Jungle' written by Upton Sinclair. It is a golden/greenish cover with a drawn illustration of a factory setting in the top one third of the cover.
September 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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#OTD September 5th in 1774, artist Caspar David Friedrich was born. One of his most famous paintings is 'Chalk Cliffs on Rügen'.

Can you locate on a #map the location of the painting?
Click the link to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=108&type=q

#Art #History #ArtHistory #TodayInHistory
The painting 'Chalk Cliffs on Rügen' by artist Caspar David Friedrich.
September 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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#OTD September 3rd in 1838, Frederick Douglass escaped slavery. Using his writing and oratory skills, he became a leading abolitionist.

Can you locate on a #map where Frederick Douglass was born into slavery?
Click the link to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=12&type=q

#History #OnThisDay
Black and white image of Frederick Douglass.
September 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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#OTD July 17 in 1918, the Romanov family was executed, ending the over 1000 year old reign of monarchy in Russia.

Can you locate on a #map where the final exile and execution of the Romanov family took place?

Click the link to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=117&type=q

#History #Revolutions
Black and white image of Romanov family.
July 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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#OTD June 30, 1908, 80 million trees and 2,150 km2 (830 sq mi) of forest were leveled by a probable meteoric air burst, known as the Tunguska event.

Can you locate on a #map where the event took place?
Click the link to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=75&type=q

#Science #History #Astronomy
Black and white image of trees leveled.
June 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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#OTD June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated, adding to the tensions that would lead to World War 1.

Can you locate on a #map where the assassination took place?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=145&type=q

#History #TodayInHistory
Illustration of Franz Ferdinand and his wife riding in the back of an open-top car being shot at by an assassin.
June 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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#OTD May 26, 1940, 338,000 Allied soldiers were evacuated during WW2 in an event known as 'Operation Dynamo'. It's most famously known by another name based on its location.

See on a #map where this took place?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=201&type=q

#History #Geography #TodayInHistory
Black and white photo of Allied soldiers during World War Two standing on a beach waiting for evacuation.
May 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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#OTD May 18, 1980, the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic eruption is US history occurred.

Can you locate on a #map the location of this eruption?
Click the link to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=200&type=q

#History #Geography #Geology #TodayInHistory #Science
Color image of Mount St. Helens
May 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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#OTD May 14 1796, doctor Edward Jenner administers the first vaccine to prevent smallpox. This vaccine and its derivatives saved millions of lives.

Can you locate on a #map where this first vaccination was given?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=134&type=q

#VaccinesWork #Science #History #Geography
Painting of doctor Edward Jenner giving a vaccine to an 8 year old boy.
May 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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#OTD May 7 in 1915, the ocean liner Lusitania sank after being torpedoed by a German submarine. 1,193 people died in the sinking.

Can you locate on a #map where it sank?
Click the link to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=199&type=q

#History #Geography #TodayInHistory #Quiz
Black and white image of the ocean liner Lusitania.
May 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM