Not Rock Island here either.

Chicago railroad yard?

@Spex: No on Chicago railroad yard. But you are within 700 miles

Clod: Looks a lot like the mountains around Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Ha! I just looked up a picture of Mount Rushmore before the carvings. Pretty sneaky, Sis. You posted an old picture of Mount Rushmore.

So that's a "when is this", too. Double jeopardy.:)

Atlanta?

@Spex: No, on Atlanta. Think big, bigger, biggest.

But it's in color!

Blame Ted Turner for the shameless colorization. ;) Yes, glatt wins it, it's a "before" picture of Mount Rushmore.

omg...what commercial was that from?

Oh oh oh...um...CONNECT FOUR?

ding ding ding!

Here, diagonally.

I can hear that in my head (here, diagonally)!

This one might be dumb, but where is this? It's kind of a what and where is it...

(Did we miss one being answered, btw?)

Yes, one missed.

Maschen Rangierbahnhof, south of Hamburg, Germany?

(Is googling legal?) :D

Well, it looks like a glacial erratic. And those look like the great plains somewhere.

*starts googling*

Edit: Horse Heaven Hills, South of Kennewick, WA