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Podcast: Gnomesville

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team April 19, 2022
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Frazetta Art Museum

The largest collection of Frazetta originals in the world.
Fort Wayne, Indiana

The Fun Farm

The Fun Farm weaves fairy tales, myths, and magic into a magnificent collection for visitors to explore.
medieval

California Is Named for a Griffin-Riding Black Warrior Queen

The story of Calafia reveals the surprising complexity of medieval attitudes about race.
Rebecca Johnson November 11, 2020
television

'Lovecraft Country' Is Haunted by the Ghosts of Real-Life Places

The characters in the acclaimed horror drama fight both monsters and white supremacy.
Keishel Williams October 19, 2020
Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Rivendell

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.
West Midlands, England

Moseley Bog

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.
Yufu, Japan

Yufuin Floral Village

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.
maps

Escape Into These Fantastical, Imaginary Maps

When the real world feels unbearable, why not chart a course through lands that are literally unreal?
Jessica Leigh Hester April 9, 2020
Oxford, England

Saint Margaret's Well

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
Houston, Texas

The Hobbit Café

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.
art

The Forgotten Female Artist Whose Mardi Gras Fantasias Warped Reality

If only Jennie Wilde could have transformed society too.
Laura Doan October 11, 2019
Oulu, Finland

Oulu Groke

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.
Surrey, British Columbia

Faerie Village of Redwood Park

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.
Naantali, Finland

The Moomin House

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.
Stow-on-the-Wold, England

St Edward's Church

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.
maps

For Sale: A Historical Map of the Imagination

Bernard Sleigh's dreamland mashes up myths, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 18, 2019
Oxford, England

Oxford Botanic Garden

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.