One of our local alt-weekly newspapers has a column by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game, the Alvin Maker series - he teaches at one of the local colleges, UNCG...yeah, it's pretty cool
). I just read it today, and he pointed out a VERY hip website:
www.atlasobscura.com
...anyone that's interested in places, natural or otherwise, will find it endlessly fascinating. Check it out, you will not be sorry you did.
Here's one of my favorite spots discovered there:
http://atlasobscura.com/places/blood-falls
