Real Locations that should be fantasy

[Mirgos]

Perhaps it was Bokrug creating a new Sarnath

[Eosin]

I got a few more edited and posted tonight. Maybe tomorrow will be more productive and I can work through my list and get back to adding the stuff posted here.

[CTaylor]

Heres one, I am not sure if you got it listed or not: Mima Mounds in Southern Washington

The swath of grassy humps known as the Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve spins a mystery as yet without an ending. And with any good story, context is critical.

A single 6-foot-tall-by-30-foot-wide mound in a grassland prairie is but a mound. But acres upon acres of mounds, sharing similar shape and size and packed in clumps like eggs in a carton?

What are they? Why are they here? No one knows.

[Lord Liaden]

Whoa! Ground goosebumps!

[Lord Liaden]

I know we've referred to a number of caves already on this thread, but for that reason I think this one has particular potential: Movile Cave in Romania had been completely cut off from the outside world for 5.5 million years, until accidentally broken into in 1986. Although not large, the cave complex has a complete self-contained ecosystem based totally on chemosynthesis, including 33 unique species.

More data here:
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5771/
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...52/ai_18166990

[Lord Liaden]

Thanks to John Desmarais for finding this and posting it to the Pulp HERO forum, but IMO it works just as well here: Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found in Mexico.

[Edsel]

How about this, Mont Saint-Michel, located on a tidal island on the Normandy coast of France. I hate relying on Wikipedia for information but here it is.

[Ragnarok]

I don't think anyone's mentioned the Catacombs of Paris yet. Strange.

Anyhoo, here they are. http://www.catacombes-de-paris.fr/english.htm

And here. http://www.triggur.org/cata/

And plans and such here. http://www.catacombs.explographies.com/

[Eosin]

Thanks to John Desmarais for finding this and posting it to the Pulp HERO forum, but IMO it works just as well here: Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found in Mexico.

I've been reading up on this as well but from the Delta Green List. It'll make its way onto the list. I still have a number of entries to catch up on.

[Eosin]

How about this, Mont Saint-Michel, located on a tidal island on the Normandy coast of France. I hate relying on Wikipedia for information but here it is.

Wiki is no problem, we are talking about inspiration for fantasy games.

I don't think anyone's mentioned the Catacombs of Paris yet. Strange.

Anyhoo, here they are. http://www.catacombes-de-paris.fr/english.htm

And here. http://www.triggur.org/cata/

And plans and such here. http://www.catacombs.explographies.com/

Thanks, the links will come in handy.

[Supreme Serpent]

Got sent a bunch of pics from a colleague in India, some of the more appropriate ones:

Snake cult anyone (or Cobra Commander's summer home)








Baijnath Temple


Fort Viejo


Fort Jaipur

[Susano]

Socotra Island

This is in Yemen, but makes a great FH city:

[tkdguy]

Check out this castle in Predjama, Slovenia.

[Sir Ofeelya]

I would say pretty much anywhere in New Zealand might be good for a fantasy story - or perhaps a movie or three.

[mayapuppies]

As suggested I bring you:

Absolutely very cool.

http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/55407.htm
http://www.china.org.cn/english/travel/71037.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_coffins
http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_cu...tent_62632.htm

Media

YouTube

These will absolutely be used in one of my books.