DShomshak Posted October 28, 2018 Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 I'm not sure, but I *think* the castle at the start of Scott's first batch is Burg Eltz, in Germany. I bring this up because I've read that Burg Eltz was built and inhabited by more than one family. In old Germany, sometimes families that couldn't afford to build castles by themselves would share the cost and build a duplex or triplex. This could be a good setup for murder mysteries and other intrigue, if the resident families came into conflict. (The Wikipedia entry for Eltz Castle has more information.) Dean Shomshak DentArthurDent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 28, 2018 Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 "Castle condos" is too cool a concept to contemplate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted October 28, 2018 Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 Krubera Cave, Western Georgia, 2197 metres, straight down. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 Some more backgrounds sxuitable for fantasy. : tkdguy and Lawnmower Boy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 An ancient site with cultural significance to living people. Better yet, artificially modified.Nawarla Gabarnmang tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 I wonder why it stopped walking there? assault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 as a Californian, I would be wary to go near that thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Not a lot of earthquakes in that area, but yeah. One would probably occur at the climax of an adventure in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 Here DentArthurDent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 The Richat Structure, Mauritania, aka "the Eye of the Sahara," an aberration in an otherwise-featureless desert region. Thirty miles across, the circle was once thought to have been caused by meteorite impact, but current theory is that it was a natural uplift in the surface that's been laid bare by erosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 There's a type of structure in Europe often called a "devil's bridge" due to its seemingly miraculous, and perilous, delicacy. This one, Rakotzbrucke, at Kromlauer Park in Saxony, was commissioned by a local knight in 1860, designed to create a perfect circle when reflected in the river. ScottishFox and mallet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Spotted Lake is located in the Nk'Mip Desert, British Columbia, the only desert region in Canada. It's mineral-rich, and during the summer months much of the lake water evaporates, leaving concentrations of minerals which form visible colored patches, varying in color according to the predominant minerals in the patch. It's called Kliluk by the local indigenous people, who consider it a sacred site, and believe each of the circles holds its own medicinal properties. DShomshak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Shall we find out which one is Circle of Drowned Girl? Squeakula, Michael Hopcroft and massey 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 I am reminded of the Wood between the Worlds in C. S. Lewis' The Magician's Nephew. Each little pond led to a different world. Dean Shomshak Christopher R Taylor, Amorkca and massey 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 Seen on Reddit, in r/AbandonedPorn (which, despite the name, is safe for work): No idea of the real world location, but it screams fantasy to me. Tom Cowan, tkdguy, Duke Bushido and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 According to the original poster on the Reddit thread, it's an abandoned jail in Cornwall. Or, I guess, that would be an abandoned gaol. tkdguy and Duke Bushido 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Scott Ruggels said: Anybody here got skills enough to edit the cars out of that top pic? You know.... just for... uhmm..... reasons....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted June 7, 2019 Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 On 6/4/2019 at 3:19 PM, Duke Bushido said: Anybody here got skills enough to edit the cars out of that top pic? You know.... just for... uhmm..... reasons....? Not hard to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted June 7, 2019 Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Scott Ruggels said: Not hard to do. Great. Whatll it cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombrown803 Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 19 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: Great. Whatll it cost? Well, if you have to ask, you can't afford it Amorkca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MordeanGrey Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 Here you go. Lawnmower Boy, mallet, Christopher R Taylor and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 You've all seen pictures of Petra, the ruined city in Jordan: One of its famous rock-cut structures featured prominently in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. But there's more to Petra than a few ancient monuments, spectacular as they are. Last night the National Geographic channel showed a new documentary, Petra: City of Riches, on its history and construction. Petra was certainly a rich city, located as it was at the intersection of major trade routes. But its greatest wealth could not be measured in gold: It was the city's hydraulic engineering, that enabled the city to have gardens and pools -- and less visibly, a fine bath-house -- in the middle of desert mountains. To a visitor seeing Petra for the first time, the city must have seemed supernatural. Unfortunately, the program is marred by lengthy passages of archaeologists talking in French or Arabic, with subtitles you can't read (well, I couldn't) because they are in white on backgrounds that are often very light-colored or, indeed, white. If you find this too annoying, I recommend another program about Petra, an episode of NOVA that aired several years ago. Dean Shomshak Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 You've all seen pictures of Petra, the ruined city in Jordan: One of its famous rock-cut structures featured prominently in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. But there's more to Petra than a few ancient monuments, spectacular as they are. Last night the National Geographic channel showed a new documentary, Petra: City of Riches, on its history and construction. Petra was certainly a rich city, located as it was at the intersection of major trade routes. But its greatest wealth could not be measured in gold: It was the city's hydraulic engineering, that enabled the city to have gardens and pools -- and less visibly, a fine bath-house -- in the middle of desert mountains. To a visitor seeing Petra for the first time, the city must have seemed supernatural. Unfortunately, the program is marred by lengthy passages of archaeologists talking in French or Arabic, with subtitles you can't read (well, I couldn't) because they are in white on backgrounds that are often very light-colored or, indeed, white. If you find this too annoying, I recommend another program about Petra, an episode of NOVA that aired several years ago. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 On June 10, 2019 at 4:22 PM, MordeanGrey said: Here you go. You, Sir, are my hero. Thank you. Duke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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