Denver versus Twin Cities: What's the difference?


Some people complain that the Democrats and Republicans are barely distinguishable these days. We say: Whatever. We’re more worried about telling their convention cities apart. Yes, one gets cold in winter, while the other gets really cold. One has a winning baseball team and the other has the Colorado Rockies. One stands among mountains, one lies among lakes. But as you’re about to see, these distinctions may not be enough.

Just try and identify which city these photos were taken in. (All have been shot since March.) Afterward, check our handy head-to-head Denver/Minneapolis-St.Paul field guide. Or check the guide now and spoil the suspense. Whatever.

Quiz tools

    • 1. Which city hosted this GOP presidential loser and his convention in 1892?

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    • 2. Where's this state capitol?


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    • 3. Which city hosted this Democratic presidential loser, right, and his convention in 1908?

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    • 4. Where's this state capitol?

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    • 5. Where's this dive restaurant?

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    • 6. Where's the river?

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    • 7. Where's this dive restaurant?

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    • 8. Name the city that this acoustic singer-songwriter passed through on his way to fame.

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    • 9. Where's this pedestrian/panhandling haven?

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    • 10. Which city did this author pass through on his way to fame and an early death?
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    • 11. Where's this weird-looking building?


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    • 12. Which city fits this water craft?


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    • 13. Which city does this emblematic spunky gal belong to?


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    • 14. Where's this old civic phallic symbol now dwarfed by skyscrapers?
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    • 15. Where can you find this 19th century masonry?

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    • 16. Which city does this emblematic spunky gal belong to?


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    • 17. Where can you find this 19th century masonry?

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    • 18. Where's this weird-looking building?


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    • 19. Where's this big thing made by artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen?

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    • 20. Where's this pedestrian/panhandling haven?


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    • 21. Where's this grand old hotel?


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    • 22. Name the city that this singer-songwriter passed through on his way to fame.

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    • 23. Where's this old civic phallic symbol now dwarfed by skyscrapers?
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    • 24. Where's this big thing made by artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen? Christopher Reynolds / LAT
    • 25. Which city fits this water craft?


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    • 26. Where's this grand old hotel?


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    • 27. Where's the river?


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    • 28. Which city did this author notably pass through on his way to fame and an early death?

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