9 Items Tagged

Tolkien

Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Rivendell

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

Natural Bridge, Virginia

Hidden J.R.R. Tolkien Quote

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food?

Writers since Tolkien have conjured magical feasts for readers.

Anne Ewbank April 10, 2018

Many of You Are Homesick—For a Place You’ve Never Been

We asked which places gave you "fernweh," and you gave us poetry!

Eric Grundhauser March 16, 2018

objects of intrigue

One of the World's Most Irreplaceable Books Was Used as a Cutting Board

The Exeter Book also once served as a coaster.

Anne Ewbank February 27, 2018

Moreton-in-Marsh, England

Four Shire Stone

The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.

J.R.R. Tolkien Is Our Favorite Father Christmas

For 23 years he role-played in holiday letters to his children.

Anika Burgess December 21, 2017

How 'Hobbit Camps' Rebirthed Italian Fascism

From 1977, crowds of militant youth gathered to discuss Tolkien and totalitarianism.

John Last October 3, 2017

A Tolkien Truther From Colorado Says He's the Real King of England

He took out an ad in The Times of London to stake his claim.

Eric Grundhauser March 2, 2017