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    Real Locations that should be fantasy

    I've been putting together a list of real places on Earth that seem to have been created by some aspiring fantasy writer. I'd like to know what everyone else has tucked away on their hard drives or bookmarked.

    My List includes:
    Museum of the Dead
    Bone Cathedral
    Wieliczka Salt Mines
    The Gate To Hell
    Crater Lake
    Mirror of Heaven

    The links go to my personal site but most of them were originally buried in wiki or on travel blogs somewhere else.

    So, what cool fantastic sites do you know about?
    Last edited by Eosin; Jun 24th, '08 at 06:20 PM.

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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    Awesome!

    Gate to Hell is the same link as the salt mine. Why do you tease me so?
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    It would be wonderful. It would be like that scene in that movie that everyone quotes where the one guy says something awesome to the other guy.

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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    Quote Originally Posted by Manic Typist View Post
    Awesome!

    Gate to Hell is the same link as the salt mine. Why do you tease me so?
    Fixed.

    I've cross posted this elsewhere and I am turning up some pretty good hits so be sure to check back.

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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    Nice finds - thanks for sharing! Repp'ed

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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    Fabulous collection, Eosin. I will have to owe you Rep for it, though.

    My contribution: the floating islands of Lake Titicaca in the Andes Mountains, fashioned by the Uros people entirely out of thick masses of buoyant cane-like reeds. Completely artificial, and mobile when necessary. They're a major tourist attraction of the region.

    More photos and details here:

    http://www.andrys.com/peru8.html

    http://www.andrys.com/peru9.html

    http://www.andrys.com/peru10.html
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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    I've got about 13 locations listed now. It is easier check out the Fantasy Locations Forum than it is to link to all those individual threads. Forgive my laziness but I haven't even got all the insane sights up yet [I am about four behind right now including the floating islands and Gieger's Bar]

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    How about the Plain Of Jars in Laos?
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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    Angels Falls and Tepui el Diablo in Venezuela.
    The Witch's Stairway, Blarney Castle Park, Ireland (small scale and touristy, but special)
    El Portillo, Dominica
    The West Coast Trail, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    Looking over your full list at Pencil-Pushers, Eosin, I notice you're more interested in large-scale architecture than I realized at first. In that case, let me direct you to the ancient Middle Eastern city of Petra, an artificial "oasis" amidst a rocky desert, holding a vast collection of temples, tombs, and other monuments literally carved out of the cliffs surrounding the city.

    This "virtual tour" of Petra displays more of the ancient monuments: http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery.../Jordan/Petra/
    Last edited by Lord Liaden; Jun 25th, '08 at 12:36 AM.
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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    That is really cool I heard of the Osuary before but all the other places are new to me. Thank You. I will have to put them to use.
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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    The Temples of Damanhur are another wierd, cool place that seems fantasy. Just the Redwood forest seems like an enty, faerie sort of place.

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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Liaden View Post
    Looking over your full list at Pencil-Pushers, Eosin, I notice you're more interested in large-scale architecture than I realized at first. In that case, let me direct you to the ancient Middle Eastern city of Petra, an artificial "oasis" amidst a rocky desert, holding a vast collection of temples, tombs, and other monuments literally carved out of the cliffs surrounding the city.

    This "virtual tour" of Petra displays more of the ancient monuments: http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery.../Jordan/Petra/
    I am interested in the freaky weird, "holy cow" type of stuff. Large or small. I am just overwhelmed by the number of entries. I am now about 30-40 behind. So keep checking the list every couple of days.

    Quote Originally Posted by CTaylor View Post
    The Temples of Damanhur are another wierd, cool place that seems fantasy. Just the Redwood forest seems like an enty, faerie sort of place.

    I added the temples last night. Talk about strange.

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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    It could be interesting in a fantasy setting to have the Door to Hell and the Mirror of Heaven within the same region. The locals could mean those names literally and treat them as sacred (or taboo) sites. They might even be the centers of rival cults.
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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    For freaky-looking natural formations, it's hard to top Monument Valley in the state of Utah. (Don't miss the photo gallery on the bottom of the webpage.) In a fantasy setting it certainly wouldn't be hard to envision these formations being man-made, or at least man-enhanced. Now that I think of it, if you add the stone-working of Petra, above, to these buttes you'd have one freak-inducing environment.
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    Re: Real Locations that should be fantasy

    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Liaden View Post
    It could be interesting in a fantasy setting to have the Door to Hell and the Mirror of Heaven within the same region. The locals could mean those names literally and treat them as sacred (or taboo) sites. They might even be the centers of rival cults.
    Add some Cenotes from the Yucatan with some of H.P.L.s "Deep Ones" and by god you have a ready made supernatural fantasy.

    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Liaden View Post
    For freaky-looking natural formations, it's hard to top Monument Valley in the state of Utah. (Don't miss the photo gallery on the bottom of the webpage.) In a fantasy setting it certainly wouldn't be hard to envision these formations being man-made, or at least man-enhanced. Now that I think of it, if you add the stone-working of Petra, above, to these buttes you'd have one freak-inducing environment.
    This. This is exactly why I started collecting these sites. They are real but inspire such awesomeness. I think of them as looking at the works of the great masters in art school. You aren't going to re-create their works but you can learn from them and improve your own vision.

    Thanks.

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