Places Edited by Daniel Sobo

Many generations ago, it was said that one could find celestial splendor in a lush meadow not far from this very marker according to the lore of the fictional world Kcymaerxthaere.

Outside Grand Valley State University, you'll find a bench upon which many were said to have sat according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, waiting for a guide of time.

At Fountain and Division, in the shadow of Kendall College of Art and Design, lays the story of a fictional culture whose political system was used under license and who finally rebelled.

Along the Rhine, about a mile from the historic Munster, learn the heartrending story of two lovers torn asunder, cast into unknown layers of time and space.

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.

In pastoral England, a plaque marks where an imaginary community addressed the problem of combat mortality.

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

Outside Hope College in Holland, Michigan, a marker honors a University without people from the fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

The site of many battles and tragedies, including the 40 maidens who leapt into the sea.

Forgotten German bunkers in China create a sharp cultural contrast.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

The water in this preserved area spawns vegetation that gives it a deep green color.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

This wild game of "football" between two sections of an English town has been staged every year for countless centuries.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This three-chambered cave is the only protected natural bat hibernaculum in Quebec.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.