# Which real world locales would you use in sci-fi/fantasy?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 16, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-real-world-locales-would-you-use-in-sci-fi-fantasy/681501 "2014-02-16T23:27:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-real-world-locales-would-you-use-in-sci-fi-fantasy/681501/41 "2014-02-24T00:46:21Z")

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Mono Lake, California.  
[https://www.google.com/search?q=mono+lake,+ca&client=firefox-a&hs=XKl&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=FZYKU9XpEJKJogSE64LoAQ&ved=0CAoQ\_AUoAg&biw=1280&bih=651](https://www.google.com/search?q=mono+lake,+ca&client=firefox-a&hs=XKl&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=FZYKU9XpEJKJogSE64LoAQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg&biw=1280&bih=651)

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-real-world-locales-would-you-use-in-sci-fi-fantasy/681501/42 "2014-02-24T14:39:53Z")

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For sheer weirdness, it would be hard to beat [the Winchester House.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House)

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-real-world-locales-would-you-use-in-sci-fi-fantasy/681501/43 "2014-02-24T17:51:12Z")

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For conjurish plance names, Georgia has a few: Talking Rock, Warwoman Dell, Enigma, Cloudland Canyon and for a COMBINATION of the two, I give you Surrency, Georgia, home of the mysterious [Surrency Spot](http://www.unexplainable.net/simply-unexplainable/surrency_bright_spot_under_georgia_s_piney_woods_1834.php)(an actual phenomeon) and the [Surrency Spook Light](http://www.strangemag.com/surrencyspooklight.html) (woo stuff). Coincidence? Or otherworldly CONSPIRACY??? They’ve also got a ghost, but that just gilding the spot.

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