The VFYW Contest: Winner #5

A reader writes:

Ok, so "late at night" means the city is in the far north. The building in the foreground looks French to me but the rest
the buildings look North American (and that parked car seems to be a
mid-sized sedan or SUV). The river and the mountains make me think
the West Coast. But I can't reconcile the "French" building
anywhere in western Canada. Can it be in Alaska? How the hell did
get there? So I'm going to take the plunge and say

Another writes:

Looks...