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An ancient English woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.
literature

Podcast: Tolkien Takes Us Places

Unearthing the real-life places and events that inspired fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Podcast Team October 9, 2023
horror

These FX Artists Make Nightmares Come Alive (Or At Least Undead)

Mark Villalobos and Heather Mages create frightful fun in horror films big and small.
Karuna Eberl October 5, 2023
Tisá, Czechia

Tiské Stěny

Towering sandstone rock formations where 'The Chronicles of Narnia' was filmed.
Wyoming's Casper Mountain is home to witches who appear once a year, on Midsummer's Eve, thanks to the rich imagination of writer and artist Neal Forsling.
witchcraft

On Wyoming's Casper Mountain, the Crimson Dawn Witches Appear Every Midsummer's Eve

Nearly a century ago, writer and artist Neal Forsling's magical tales began a local legacy that celebrates family, nature, and imagination.
Michelle Harris June 19, 2023
Glasgow, Scotland

Blackstone Chair

The 18th-century inspiration behind Harry Potter's Sorting Hat.
Fantasy Forest in Leila Arboretum
Battle Creek, Michigan

Fantasy Forest in Leila Arboretum

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.
collections

Podcast: Gnomesville

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

Frazetta Art Museum

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

The Fun Farm

The Fun Farm weaves fairy tales, myths, and magic into a magnificent collection for visitors to explore.
Calafia would have been at home in a modern fantasy novel.
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
Braithwaite Manor, a fictional setting in the show, has much in common with LaLaurie Mansion in New Orleans.
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
Kaitoke Regional Park
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.
Yufuin Floral Village
Yufu, Japan

Yufuin Floral Village

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.
Be careful out there, in the imaginary lands around Oz.
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
St Margarets Well
Oxford, England

Saint Margaret's Well

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
It's a hidden gem of one of the busiest streets in Houston.
Houston, Texas

The Hobbit Café

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.
Jennie Wilde designed the “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" float for the the 1911 "Familiar Quotations"-themed Mardi Gras parade.
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