he Nahanni National Park of Northwest Canada lies the Nahanni River. The area is only accessible by boat or plane and is home to many natural wonders, such as sinkholes, geysers and a waterfall almost double the size of Niagara Falls. Lord Tweeds Muir (John Buchan), author of The 39 Steps, once said of the valley: “It’s a fancy place that old-timers dream about. … Some said the “valley was full of gold and some said it was hot as hell owing to the warm springs. … It had a wicked name too, for at least a dozen folks went in and never came out’ … Indians said it was the home of devils.”
The 200 Mile gorge has become infamous, due to a number of gruesome deaths and many disappearances, earning itself the eerie name, The Valley of the Headless Men. Anomalies first began in 1908, when the Macleod Brothers came prospecting for gold in the valley. Nothing was heard or seen of the brothers for a whole year, until their decapitated bodies were found near a river. Nine years later, the Swiss prospector Martin Jorgenson was next to succumb to the Valley, when his headless corpse was found. In 1945, a miner from Ontario was found in his sleeping bag with his head cut from his shoulders. While skeptics of an unknown power at work in the Valley would put the grizzly mutilations down to feuding gold prospectors or hostile Indians, there are other strange happenings in the area which add to the valleys mysteriousness. The fiercely renowned Naha tribe simply vanished from the area a few years prior to the first deaths. Other Indians of the area have avoided the Valley for centuries, claiming an unknown evil haunts it. Many parts of the valley remain unexplored, and there are tales the Valley holds an entrance to the Hollow earth. Others believe the Valley is home to a lost world, with lush greenery and a tropical climate, due to the hot springs generating warm air, as well as untapped goldmines and wandering sasquatches. While a haven for Bigfoot remains unlikely, one thing is for certain, something strange lurks in the Nahanni Valley.
For over 20 years I've described the main city in my homebrew campaign as looking EXACTLY like this. I stumbled on this pic of Manarola, Italy while looking for another image, and it completely blew me away.
In Venezuela the Catatumbo river has a section where a lightning storm goes on for most of the year and is often pretty crazy. They talk about most years there being a thunder storm between 160-200 days a year with normally about 20,000 strikes a night. Its pretty amazing.
In Venezuela the Catatumbo river has a section where a lightning storm goes on for most of the year and is often pretty crazy. They talk about most years there being a thunder storm between 160-200 days a year with normally about 20,000 strikes a night. Its pretty amazing.
Wow. I love lightning and thunder. I'd faint from joy there.
Quite a while back I dotted this thread to try and remind me to come back and post. Seems that did not work so well.
On page one there is a link to a picture of the ruins of Tulum. It is a Mayan ruin on the east coast of mexico. I have had the privilege of touring this old fort. If you have the opportunity to go to such a place I would suggest you please take it. Or go visit caves or any nearby ruins or places of interest.
That one picture does not do it justice. It has a beautiful beach right below it. The main entrance only one person can walk through at a time and if you are over 5'5" you have to duck to do so. Just seeing a place like this or Chichen Itza which is really not that far away and is older and much larger will change the way you do parts of your game. It will make it much more descriptive and detailed, after you get a chance to see something of this nature yourself.
There is a large cave of bats where my kids went to Scouts one time. Seeing thousands of bats take flight at one time is amazing. Right at twilight a few flutter about and then a few more. Then all hell breaks loose. Also seeing a real cave entrance and how it is hard to climb into and out of makes a world of difference in underworld exploration.
EDIT word of warning the bathrooms available in the gift shop were OK but in the mall area outside the ruins they were close to non existence. Best to go, before you show up.
I just stumbled across this place. There were far too many pictures to link, but do a Google image search for "Parco dei Mostri" and you won't regret it.
I just stumbled across this place. There were far too many pictures to link, but do a Google image search for "Parco dei Mostri" and you won't regret it.
I mean to linkify this one myself. It's really neat. And creepy.
I've taken uncounted opportunities to do this in my RL former job. I researched some of the more interesting setups and made copies of blueprints/architural drawings for idea mining. Glad to see that someone has approached this with an organized flair. I guess this is what adventurers do but with monsters included and an expectation of loot.
I once visited St. Bartholomew's Church, Berchtesgaden when I was stationed in Germany. Didn't know at the time I would be looking for RPG sites in later years.
I'd never heard of Gormenghast castle or the stories until very recently. I think this pic is from a BBC television special about them, but it's still very cool.
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