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A pair of women who were WAY ahead of their time lived here. It was a great place if you wanted to hang out on a Saturday with the likes of Picasso, Hemmingway, Matisse, Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thornton Wilder.

This monument to the victims of persecution because of sexual preference was built originally in 1987 to memorialize those who had been killed by the Nazis. Today it has be rededicated to a memorial to all homosexual men and women who have been persecuted and murdered. It also celebrates thos who have fought for the freedom and human rights of LGBTQ members.

Those who found the momument were:

• Paul Voestermans
• Graham Hedley
• Martin de Bock
• Phil Ower
• Andy McConnell
• Glenmorren
• Garfield
• hhgygy
• Andreas Meister
• Eloy Cano
• Jesus Rodriguez
• Lighthouse
• zorro the fox
• Bas van Limpt
• Ashwini Agrawal

and after the hint:

A triangle with 3 triangles, a triangle of the past, a triangle of the present and a triangle of the future

Still in the game – down to 6!

• Glenmorren
• Garfield
• Lighthouse
• Paul Voestermans
• Eloy Cano
• Martin de Bock

Week #5 was the northern tip of Bwiru Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.

In a valley with lots of waterfalls, this one is one of the prettiest when viewed from the side rather than from overhead.

Thanks to Garfield for her location and hint for this week’s contest – the site of the first McDonalds in San Bernardino, California.

This site was the location of the first McDonalds that opened in 1940 by Dick and Mac McDonald as a barbecue restaurant. In 1948, they changed to the normal familiar format with hamburgers (with cheese?), milkshakes and sides on the menu.

The McDonald brothers franchised their fast food system starting in 1953, with the Golden Arches as the symbol. In 1954, Ray Kroc met the brothers, initially joining as a partner then buying the business from them in 1961.

Thanks to Albert Okura, owner of the Juan Pollo restaurant chain, the site was turned into a museum.

The hint referred to Route 66, the famous highway running from Chicago to LA that passes by just to the west of the site.

Found the Big Mac before the hint:

• Lighthouse
• Martin de Bock
• Paul Voestermans
• Garfield
• hhgygy
• Bas van Limpt
• zorro the fox
• Phil Ower
• Andy Murdock
• Eloy Cano

And after:

• Robin
• Andreas Meister
• Graham Hedley

Something Big to do just off Route 66?

Thanks to Glenmorren for the location, hint and reveal this week.

This location was selected primarily because it is an interesting, somewhat abstract visual feature (particularly the further you zoom in) rather than having a particularly compelling story. However, any location on Earth is unique and therefore has some story. In this case the scene shows part of the tailings pile for the Ministro Alejandro Hales open-pit copper mine just north of Calama, Chile. It was named after Alejandro Hales, a former Minister of Mines, in 2004.

The hint referred to Chuquicamata, located 10 km to the north. It is described as the largest open-pit copper mine in the world by excavated volume, and it is surrounded by tailings piles similar to the one at the Ministro Alejandro Hales mine. But about 4 km to its east, there is another interesting tailings pile created using what appears to be an automated radial distribution system. Again, it gets more interesting and abstract visually when you zoom right in.

Before the hint:

• Graham Hedley
• Glenmorren
• Martin de Bock
• Paul Voestermans
• Garfield
• zorro the fox
• Andreas Meister
• hhgygy
• Eloy Cano
• Phil Ower
• Lighthouse

After the hint:

• Bas van Limpt

If you dig a hole (close to another that is one of the biggest of its kind), where do you put the stuff that comes out of the hole?