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.

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

Library of Congress
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

2. Where's this state capitol?


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A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

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

AP
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

4. Where's this state capitol?

Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

5. Where's this dive restaurant?

Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

6. Where's the river?

Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

7. Where's this dive restaurant?

Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

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

Columbia
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

9. Where's this pedestrian/panhandling haven?

Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

10. Which city did this author pass through on his way to fame and an early death?
Princeton Library
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

11. Where's this weird-looking building?


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A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

12. Which city fits this water craft?


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A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

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


State Historical Society
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

14. Where's this old civic phallic symbol now dwarfed by skyscrapers?
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A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

15. Where can you find this 19th century masonry?

Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

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


CBS
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

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

Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

18. Where's this weird-looking building?


Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

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

Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

20. Where's this pedestrian/panhandling haven?


Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

21. Where's this grand old hotel?


Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

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

Reuters
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

23. Where's this old civic phallic symbol now dwarfed by skyscrapers?
Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

24. Where's this big thing made by artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen? Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

25. Which city fits this water craft?


Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

26. Where's this grand old hotel?


Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

27. Where's the river?


Christopher Reynolds / LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities

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

LAT
A. Denver
B. Twin Cities