Lord Liaden Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 A slide show of images of extraordinary caves from around the world: http://photos.ca.msn.com/slideshow/photo/amazing-caves/2t9d1tmn#1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 The plain around Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), is dotted with 2,000 Buddhist temples. Shadowsoul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 The Sami Gate across Torne träsk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 I don't have anything to add to this yet, but this is a wonderful collection of images Very inspiring tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Just learned about the Wat Ron Khun temple in Thailand, a contemporary privately-owned (but freely open to the public) art installation based on the form of a Buddhist temple. It would make a spectacular backdrop for Oriental-themed fantasy or sci-fi. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinniuint Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 Wulingyuan park in Hunan, China. The House of Winchester. Periglacial freeze thaw honeycomb formation . The Science Fiction Museum / Experience Music Project building in Seattle. Awesome thread! Reviewed the whole thing before posting. Some of the links are dead, but lots of great stuff still to be found. Some of the links lead me down interesting side path . 90 years after the flood in Boston, it is still possible to smell molasses. THAT lead to some odd story ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 Awesome thread! Reviewed the whole thing before posting. Some of the links are dead, but lots of great stuff still to be found. Good observation. Many of the links and image postings are moribund now. I think I'll try to update some of them, starting with Eosin's thread-commencing post. The links below now lead to active web pages. I strongly urge anyone unfamiliar with these to check them out. They're spectacular and incredibly appropriate to fantasy settings. 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 Door to Hell Crater Lake Mirror of Heaven Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Fort Bourtange, in the Netherlands, was built in 1593. It was converted into a village in 1851, and restored as an open-air museum in 1960. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Many animated gifs and stuff so I'll just like to the page: http://io9.com/real-places-on-earth-so-surreal-they-look-like-alien-l-1701339941/+alissawalker tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weapon Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 The library at a wizard's college, perhaps? And the average Ars Magica PC is going . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Do they have Twilight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Do they have Twilight? Twice a day, I think. Lucius Alexander And a dimly lit palindromedary tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 The Chand Baori step well, Rajasthan, India, Around 900 AD, King Chanda had it built to solve the area's drought problem. Roughly 13 stories high, dug into a V-shape nearly 100 feet below the earth's surface, with an estimated 3,500 perfectly levelled steps, King Chanda devoted it to the Goddess of Joy and Happiness, Hashat Mata, upon its completion. The Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan, China. Begun in 713 AD, and completed in 803, this is the largest statue of the Buddha known, and the largest statue of the pre-modern world. drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 How did they stop Mao from blowing it up during the Cultural revolution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 They hid it. Lord Liaden, tkdguy and Lucius 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Abisko Autumn, photo by one Calle Höglund, found on DeviantArt. It's from up in the mountains, to the west of here. Nolgroth, drunkonduty, tkdguy and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 How did they stop Mao from blowing it up during the Cultural revolution? They hid it. How do you hide an ancient statue of that towering size? Lucius Alexander I don't think letting a palindromedry stand in front is going to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 It's from up in the mountains, to the west of here. where is "here?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 The northernmost coast of Sweden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Does it look like that right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Munch much more snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 I demand pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Of Abisko or here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Whichever is more difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Are you on Instagram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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