Road Trip at Home

Update (Monday, 10:42 p.m.): The answer--which 102 of you got (or, amazingly, 97.1 percent of everyone who responded)--is Santiago Calatrava's Sundial Bridge, in Redding, California. If you weren't the winner, or even if you were, please come back for tomorrow's Picture of the Day Challenge.

There are bridges, and there are bridges. This is one of the most stunning I've ever seen. It's also special to the community where it's located.

Maybe you've been there or seen this, possibly from my previous Road Trip coverage. Either way, I'd … Read more

Update (Sunday, 11:35 a.m.): The answer to Friday's Picture of the Day challenge is a Titan missile in the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona, near Tucson. I also accepted those who said it was in Sahuarita, Arizona. All told, 46 people had the right answer. Come back Monday for the next challenge.

If you've been following the daily Picture of the Day challenges over the last couple of weeks, you know that Thursday was about as easy as it can be. Almost everyone got it right. So for Friday, I'm making it a … Read more

Update (Friday, 12:15 a.m.): The answer, as 96 people knew, is the Louisville Slugger factory, in Louisville, Kentucky. If you weren't the winner, don't despair, there will be another Picture of the Day challenge on Friday.

For today's Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge, I decided to throw you a softball. If you're a sports fan, that is.

While my Road Trip projects usually focus on science, technology, research, architecture, aviation, or the military, I do occasionally visit places that might make a little more sense to an ESPN audience. Still, those packages … Read more

Update (Wednesday, 9:34 p.m.): The answer to today's challenge is the Bacteria Mats, along Yellowstone National Park's Fountain Paint Pots Trail. Almost everyone who responded knew it was Yellowstone, but I needed more specificity. As I wrote when I visited there last year, "This is actually a large collection of thermophiles--heat-loving microorganisms--that, according to the National Park Service, 'usually form the ribbons of color like you see here. The green, brown and orange mats are mostly cyanobacteria, which can live in waters as hot as 167 degrees Fahrenheit.'" If you weren't the winner, … Read more

Update (Tuesday, 7:21 p.m.): The answer to today's Picture of the Day challenge is Grand Coulee Dam, in Grand Coulee, Washington. And unlike yesterday, just about everyone knew the answer today. I got 40 correct answers. If you weren't the winner, please come back again tomorrow.

If you like to travel around the United States as I do, you've no doubt come across many of the country's amazing manmade wonders. And Tuesday's Picture of the Day is a great example of what humans can do when they put their minds to it.

Perhaps, … Read more

Update (Monday, 5:56 p.m.): The three parts of the answer I was looking for are as follows. 1. It's a Boeing VC-137B. 2. It's located at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. 3. It is a notable plane because it was used to fly the hostages home to the United States from Iran in 1981. And that's why its nickname is "Freedom One." Amazingly, though I got dozens and dozens of responses--by far the most for any Picture of the Day challenge so far--just three people got all three parts … Read more

Update (Friday, 7:03 p.m.): The correct answer--with 20 people got--is the Berkeley pit, a contaminated copper mine in Butte, Montana. Tune in Monday for the next Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.

It's almost the weekend, but before you head off for two (hopefully sunny, warm, and pleasant) days of down time, there's one more chance this week to win a prize in the Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.

Your task is to identify what this is a picture of, and where it's located. If I didn't already know what it … Read more

Update (Friday, 7:32 a.m.): The correct answer--which 12 people got--is UPS' Worldport facility in Louisville, Kentucky. Thanks for playing and please try again Friday.

Do you know your conveyor belts? Are you a manufacturing geek? Then you might have the knowledge that could win you a prize in today's Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.

Maybe you recognize what's in this picture from a visit of your own. Or perhaps you're a whiz with search terms. Or possibly you recall seeing this picture when I published it as part of one of my previous … Read more

Update (Wednesday, 7:39 p.m.): The correct answer--which 29 people got--is Spider Rock, in Arizona's Canyon de Chelly. Thanks to all who played, and please come back tomorrow.

If you've ever done any road-tripping around the United States, then you no doubt have an appreciation for just how beautiful some of our natural wonders are. And if you've got a keen eye, you could win a prize, too.

I'll be leaving for my CNET Road Trip 2010 in a couple of weeks, and visiting some of the most interesting destinations on the east coast in … Read more