Mystery Photo. Where Am (Was) I?

by Jimmy Akin on April 30, 2006

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Mystery photo. Where am (was) I?

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you are there....and wherever you go you will always be there....

I'm almost 100% certain that you aren't in Australia. lol

Well, it ain't San Diego, and Jimmy, I'm glad to see you pulled over to take the photo!

Looks like a Texas sky, to me.

Cross that big. It must be Texas

I've seen giant crosses that look exactly like that in both Effingham, Illinois (visible from I-70 / I-57) and in Paducah, Kentucky (visible from I-24, but I think that the one in Paducah has been taken down recently). However, the one in your photo is neither of those. It looks like it was taken out west somewhere, in a relatively flat, dry area, perhaps somewhere in Texas or Oklahoma. But that's just a guess.
Also, I'll just comment that I think these giant crosses are a great idea in concept, but it's too bad that they made them so unbelievably utilitarian-looking and devoid of any beauty or aesthetic value. It looks like they are made out of cheap vinyl siding! :)

I don't think it's Groom, TX. The place in the photo is not flat enough to be Groom.

Looks like Groom, TX. Been there a couple times. There was a life-size stations of the cross, if I remember correctly. Among other things, like an empty tomb.

If I remember correctly, it looks like you're approximately 30 miles south of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.

Not a clue. All those Plains states look alike to me. :)

Or a place with a cross just like Effingham.

Effingham, not far from Greenup, where we bury.

Mark, Effingham IL is close to the border. On a road trip anything within an hour is considered close :)

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'thann (photos I took a few years ago)

The following site reports Effingham, Illinois, as having the world's largest cross.
http://www.worldslargestthings.com/easterntour/cro...
That internet site also provides details about that cross.
However, depending on whom you ask, I am the world's largest cross
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Going into Knoxville, TN, right next to an Adult Bookstore. Always wondered which came first.

Interstate 75 going south from Knoxville, TN, right around the Sweetwater exit.

There's one like that in Florida someplace. Memory is fogged by years and child-induced lack of sleep.

Yeah, that's Groom, TX. Be sure to stop by Our Lady's Restaurant.

Oook. The town is Groom, TX. But it is I-40. (Taking a trip Amarillo? Did you get there by morning?)

You are in Texas near the site of the world's largest cross. It's along I-40, but I forget where. You're on the access road to it. (I've got a pic of me by it somewhere.)

I take it back, that Cross is seen from an interstate road, you are on a back road.

I believe that you are on I-70/I-55 near Effingham, Illinois.

Paul says "You are at the Missouri-Illinois border". I live next to that border and it is the Mississippi River. But perhaps there are exceptions....!

You're just outside of Groom, TX along I-30.

You are at the Missouri-Illinois border. I have many pictures myself at that place. It's a beautiful cross and I just had to get a picture of it on my way by -- I passed it the first time but couldn't get a snapshot, but on another roadtrip I couldn't resist :-)

I always appreciate how you incorporate your boots into your photos!
'thann

That's a tough call. We have several of those same crosses throughout Tennessee.

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