Road trip

Update (Monday, 1:10 a.m. PT): The answer to Sunday's challenge -- which 39 people got right -- is "Treehouse," by architect Frank Gehry, in Venice, Calif. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Monday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to correctly identify it using any means at … Read more

Update (Saturday, 7:13 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 62 people got right -- is the Frog statue in Angels Camp, Calif., the locale of Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Sunday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, … Read more

Update (Friday, 8:16 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 71 people got right -- is the Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Boulder City, Nev., and Hoover Dam. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Saturday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to … Read more

Update (Thursday, 7:39 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 21 people got right -- is the "Green Church," located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 395 and Benton Crossing Road, near Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Friday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your … Read more

Update (Wednesday, 10:41 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 58 people got right -- is the Mark Twain Cabin, a replica of the cabin in which the author worked on "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," on Jackass Hill near Tuttletown, Calif. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Thursday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new … Read more

Updated 7:28 p.m. PT: The answer to today's challenge -- which 233 people got right -- is the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in Pendleton, Calif. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Wednesday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to correctly identify it using any means at your disposal. … Read more

Update (9:10 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 151 people got right -- is the Geisel Library (named for Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Geisel) at the University of California at San Diego, in La Jolla, Calif. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Tuesday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job … Read more

SAN DIEGO -- For hundreds of thousands of passionate panda watchers, the birth at the San Diego Zoo today of a new panda cub is an event well worth celebrating, especially given that the mother is probably the second-oldest known panda ever to successfully deliver. And thanks to some high-tech imaging, the zoo was able to monitor the pregnancy every step of the way.

For weeks, the panda team at the zoo here has been on tenterhooks, hoping against hope that the 20-year-old mother, Bai Yun, would carry to term what they were nearly certain was a healthy cub. But … Read more

Update (Monday, 2:28 a.m. PT): The answer to Sunday's challenge -- which 358 people got right -- is the Mormon Temple in San Diego, Calif. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Monday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to correctly identify it using any means at your disposal. Throughout … Read more