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Landmarks Wanted (Patreon)

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2023-08-15 06:35:53
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Hey, now's as good a time as any to mention that Perry's probably going to be heading even further west, probably North Dakota, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California. Maybe a little Idaho in there.If you've got any landmarks you wanna suggest that a native would think of that are OLDER than 1969, drop 'em in the comments, and I'll compare them to the route and see if we can use any of 'em. Sound fun?

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BlackFire13th

South Dakota has Mount Rushmore.

mhaj58

There’s a lot of fun to be had in the Grand Canyon and Hollywood. At the very least you should have an arc depicting the debauchery and indulgence of Las Vegas. Nat getting a Vegas wedding is a must.

Macronomicon

that got blowed up by Blast Zone...I could mention it tho.

Buzz1089

Canon Beach. Or maybe the salt flats in Utah.

Aaron Jones

In Montana there's a few places he could probably find pompey's pillar off the Yellowstone there where Clark carved his initials. There's also the Great Falls up in Great Falls those are really cool and I mean just in general Yellowstone National Park

Aaron Jones

Anywhere near Bozeman there's House Rock on the Gallatin River that's kind of cool just a really big rock in the middle of the river

Aaron Jones

Especially like Old Faithful is a very popular one

Jasper Cooke

Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado, possible music themed chapter for fun. Big ass outdoor music theatre carved out of the side of a mountain.

WhiteWatcher

Going-to-the-Sun road in glacier national park. First national park project for automobiles, finished in 1933. Its scenery was used in the opening parts of The Shining. But if you want something more up Perry's notables, how about a superfund site? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Pit In 1995, a flock of migrating geese landed in the pit and died. A total of 342 carcasses were recovered. Its an open pit copper mine and with how wildlife likes to adept in this universe.... that could be fun

Jasper Cooke

Bonneville Speedway in the Utah Salt Flats

sata

theyve been right next to one of the great lakes for a while

PlasmaticPi

I doubt Las Vegas survived the Tide, being in a desert and highly dependent on outside resources to keep it afloat and all.

Ranger Science

There's a lot of national parks that come to mind. Yellowstone, Grand Tetons (they are utterly ridiculous mountains, just suddenly vertical out of nowhere), Yosemite. Also, rivers. Rivers are *super* important. Thinkin' bout how people would go about navigating - AFAIK you follow rivers, and look at mountains, particularly mountains like the Tetons.

Nick DiRubio

I second the Berkely Pit. It has a full time ranger who's entire job is to scare away birds from landing in the water. Link to a youtube video for more info: https://youtu.be/qtlPTE-UmY4

MurkyTruths

Well, Lake diabo in the cascades is like turquoise, lake crescent on the Olympic peninsula is so deep and so alkaline that dead bodies get turned into soap, and there's also the giant troll statue under Fremont bridge.

Red Viking

Yellowstone could be fun.

BlackFire13th

Damn, maybe Salt Lake City or Yellowstone? Everyone’s suggested pretty much everything else.

Scott Crawford

The Hanford Site in eastern Washington. It's where they manufactured the plutonium for the atomic bombs of WW2

Atoms88

The yellowstone super volcano could have some intersting creatures. Massive flaming/lava buffalo hurds?

BrokeButton

The Badlands in South Dakota or Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. Both look alien compared to the rest of the landscape.

BrokeButton

There are old nuclear silos scattered in that area too

Ding Bang Aw

Not a landmark, but what about changes in weather. I moved to Minnesota from Georgia last year. I never knew that the snow just stayed on the ground for 4 months out of the year.

ootrouble101oo

Mt. Saint Helen's could be good as an active volcano

Da Worst John

They have to stop at Wall Drug! There are signs hundreds of miles around to go see it and it would probably bug Perry enough to go

Mitchell

Ur moms house

Cody Dennis

Mt rushmore im thinking the tide made them akive and they can takk and are always arguing

Evan

The Dakotas are full of ICBM silos.

Evan

The Rockies will have to be traversed.

Deathburn

The Alamo, but it's somehow no longer in texas

Cspiders

Craters of the moon national monument in Idaho, it’s a 400 square miles wide solid lava flow from a super volcano where they used to train astronauts and it 100% does look like the surface of the moon as far as the eye can see. Been there since before man came to North America and been a national monument since the 20’s? I think

Kote's chronicles

Sounds like a good place for intelligent mega spiders to have some kind of civilization

Scott

Montana: gates of the mountains, geysers(yellowstone). Or, the big stack. "Standing tall since 1918, the Big Stack is visible long before you arrive in Anaconda. At slightly over 585 feet high it is the tallest free-standing masonry structure in the world. The Washington Monument could fit inside it."

Ben Roberts

How about a classic Midwest off-interstate tourist trap. “Worlds’ largest gopher replica” or along those lines. Midwest is chock full of em; you can basically procedurally generate some cryptid nonsense and it likely exists

Doodlyboy15

Nebraska, just make a joke about passing through it, that's what most people habe to say about it

Cspiders

Wait if the sea level rose then did Death Valley and the basin Las Vegas is in flood and become lakes again?

David Schleimer

For when he gets into Washington, the Columbia River is huge, navigable, and has a bunch of tributories, some of which are themselves navigable. Puget Sound is huge, easy to spot, and where most of the Washington State population centers are. There are a couple of Boeing factories in Washington, including the largest factory in the world, which has been there since 1967. The first 747 flew in 1969, I think would have been big news, and was built in said largest factory.

David Schleimer

For the SF Bay Area in California, you've got the Golden Gate bridge which connects SF north, but also the Bay Bridge which connects SF east to Oakland. It was built in the 30s, switched from road+rail to road only in the 50s, and had half of it completely rebuilt in the 2000s. A bay area native would definitely recognize it and be confused why they'd rebuilt only half of it. There are also several other bridges in the Bay Area they could plausibly recognize. Also, Alcatraz.

David Schleimer

For southern California, Disneyland. The LA Aqueduct is a couple-hundred miles long.

David Schleimer

Crater Lake and Lake Tahoe for non-urban CA.

SirThomasXVI

Re: Cascade Mountains, the Columbia river (several major dams on this), national parks, Portland, Oregon... If it still exist.

Minnesota Bear Strangler

A floating island mission ran by a technotheocratic abbot called the sisters of the Alamo?

William

I've lived almost my entire life in Washington State! Here's my list of PNW landmarks. I've been to all but Crater Lake and the "Others" category. = Washington = Space Needle - Was built in 1961. Probably wouldn't be standing in ISM's setting, but would probably still be visible somehow. Columbia River - The second-largest river in North America. It's big enough that it looks like a lake... that just keeps going. Columbia River Gorge - Up to 4,000 feet deep and 80 miles long, it's a dominant feature of the PNW terrain between Washington and Oregon. Hanford Site - A nuclear power plant in central WA that started construction in 1945 Mt. Rainier - A 14,400-foot mountain visible from over 150 miles away Mt. St. Helens - Visually very different now due to the eruption in the 80's that a large chunk of the mountain off. MSH has lava tubes that you can explore! Olympic Rainforest - Much of western Washington is a temperate rainforest. Think of the creatures Scablands - SE Washington is composed of a series of rolling hills carved by the Missoula Flood such that it appears to be a riverbed from the air So. Many. Dams. If you haven't toured a dam up close, it's easy to dismiss how massive an impressive these structures are. Many are from the 1930's-era New Deal's CCC. Grand Coulee Dam is nearly a mile long and is one of the largest concrete structures in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dams_in_the_Columbia_River_watershed = Oregon = Multnomah Falls - A 620-foot tall waterfall near Portland Bridge of the Gods - A large truss bridge spanning the Columbia built in 1926 Haystack Rock - A 235-foot high rock that stands alone on the Oregon coast. It's just there, half in the ocean, on an otherwise uninterrupted stretch of sandy beach. Crater Lake - Volcanic crater lake that is the deepest lake in the US and home to Wizard Island = Others = Yellowstone is in Montana and Wyoming Shoshone Falls is a *huge* waterfall in SE Idaho Hell's Canyon is the deepest river canyon in North America and reaches nearly 8,000 feet deep Arches National Park in Utah White Sands in New Mexico would almost definitely have some crazy weapons testing remains

William

Washington is starkly divided into two halves by the Cascade range of the Rocky Mountain range, such that much of western Washington is a rainforest and much of eastern Washington is an actual desert. One of my favorite climate facts is that a majority of the precipitation experienced east of the Cascades is a direct result of irrigation in eastern Washington.

William

I threw this into ChatGPT just now: [Prompt] Imagine some classically midwestern tourist traps along the lines of "world's largest gopher" but make them sound more apocalyptic or fantastical [ChatGPT Response] Sure, let's get creative with some fantastical Midwestern tourist traps: The Great Prairie Vortex: Touted as a swirling portal of wind and energy, it's said that anyone standing at its center at exactly midnight might hear whispers from another dimension. Nearby, a quirky diner sells "Vortex Burgers" that promise to spin your taste buds. Mystic Cornfield Labyrinth: Legend says this isn't just any corn maze. Those who enter are transported to a mirror universe where the Midwest is a sprawling kingdom, and cornstalks touch the sky. There's a small booth at the entrance selling "Protective Amulets" to guide visitors safely out. The Phantom Tractor of Route 66: An old, rusted tractor that's said to start up and roam the highways on its own during a full moon. Locals claim it's searching for its lost farmer. Gift shops nearby offer "Ghostly Tractor" miniatures and moonlit tractor tours. Lake of Eternal Fog: A mysterious lake that's always covered in a thick, eerie mist. Local tales suggest it's the breath of a sleeping dragon beneath the waters. Paddleboat rentals come with a complimentary "Dragon Repellent" spray. The Cursed Scarecrow Fields: Rows of scarecrows that, according to legend, come to life every harvest moon to dance a ghostly jig. For a few dollars, tourists can purchase a "Scarecrow Blessing Kit" to keep the strawmen at bay. End-of-the-World Silo: An old grain silo that's been repainted to look like it's bursting with otherworldly energy. Signs warn of an impending "apocalyptic harvest." The adjacent cafe serves "Doomsday Pies" with flavors like "Meteoric Blueberry" and "Radiation Raspberry." The Howling Barn: At sunset, an eerie howl echoes from this barn. Some say it's the wind; others believe it's the call of a mythical beast locked away inside. For a fee, brave souls can take the "Barn Beast Challenge" – spend a night inside and win a "Survivor" certificate. Eclipseville: A seemingly ordinary town that claims to experience a solar eclipse every Friday the 13th. Local diners serve "Eclipse Eggs" and "Darkness Donuts." Souvenir shops offer "Genuine Eclipse Glasses" which are just regular sunglasses. These attractions play on the charm of classic tourist traps but add an element of the mysterious and fantastical, ensuring that they would be unforgettable stops on any Midwest road trip!

William

Oh man, that's going to be some nightmare fuel.

Maurice Williams

Along the route Lewis and Clark took through Kamiah Idaho, my tribe (Nez Perce) has a landmark called the Heart of the Monster. It's related to the creation myth where Coyote was able to trick a monster that was consuming everything in it's path

William

I feel like in the setting, they'd have been turned into golems or something and they patrol the area while shouting freedom words... and always arguing.

William

I want it to have some explanation for surviving. It could be just that nobody cares about it and it's survived on sheer luck, but I asked GPT 4 for some ideas: (I won't do any more of these (today) I swear!) [Prompt] Imagine a superpowered and magical apocalypse, but somehow Wall Drug survives. Imagine three different things that would explain this [ChatGPT Response] Wall Drug's Mystical Endurance: Three Tales of Survival Amidst Chaos The Guardian Gargoyle Long before the apocalypse, Wall Drug had been a haven for travelers seeking refreshment and rest. Unknown to most, atop the establishment sat a stone gargoyle, seemingly just another piece of decoration. As the magical apocalypse began, and superpowered beings wreaked havoc, the gargoyle stirred. Animated by an ancient spell, the guardian protected Wall Drug with a powerful shield that repelled any magical or superpowered attacks. Inside this barrier, time stood still, allowing Wall Drug to remain untouched by the devastation outside. The gargoyle's magic drew in survivors, providing them sanctuary. As thanks, the survivors kept Wall Drug running, turning it into a beacon of hope in a world turned upside down. The Elixir of Preservation Tucked away in one of the storerooms, there had always been a mysterious old soda fountain that no one remembered installing. This fountain dispensed an elixir, which the store owners had thought was just a unique-tasting water. With the onset of the apocalypse, this elixir revealed its true powers. Anyone who drank from it was granted temporary invulnerability and enhanced healing. As superpowered beings clashed, causing immense devastation, Wall Drug became a neutral ground, where even the most formidable beings came seeking a moment of respite and a sip of the elixir. This tacit truce kept Wall Drug safe, as no one dared desecrate the one place that offered solace. Portal to Another Realm Behind a vintage "Free Ice Water" sign, a shimmering portal lay hidden. This portal connected our world to another dimension, one that was calm and untouched by the superpowered magical apocalypse. Whenever danger approached Wall Drug, the store and everyone inside would momentarily shift into this peaceful dimension, rendering them intangible and unseen in our world. Thus, while battles raged and cities crumbled, Wall Drug would vanish and reappear, its lights always on, its doors always welcoming. Whispers spread across the land that Wall Drug was enchanted, and it became a pilgrimage site for those seeking to understand its mysteries or simply grab a coffee in the midst of chaos. Through all these scenarios, Wall Drug stands as an enduring symbol of resilience, a beacon of hope, and a testament to the magic of human spirit and community.

William

I can easily imagine some kind of monster or spirit that wanders around and repairs the roads... and also eats anything on them!

Daniel

Redwoods get more redwoody

William

There could easily be an entire city in American SW, situated along the Colorado River. There's plenty of fresh water, but there's a lot less random life to have crazy mutations happen from The Tide and it's far enough from the ocean to not have to deal with prawns... usually. I could imagine a city growing up around the Hoover Dam.

Da Worst John

The portal behind the "Free Ice Sign" cracked me up

Pierre laplant

I'm bad at geography, I just want lake pirates.

lokiandcoded

Some form of moose would be even more terrifying than they already are

Tate Browder

Go all over the black hills in South Dakota, Devils tower in Wyoming, which are pretty close to each other. You should hit the badlands too- all of those areas have potential for really cool stuff imo

Tate Browder

There’s hella nuclear missile silos in the eastern part of that region too

Tohron

Mt. Rainier is very visible from all over Washington state, and it's also a dormant volcano!

Rodrick Dusio

Farther north in California is Shasta Dam. Huge hydroelectric facility with mountainous defensable terrain. Was a suspected Japanese target early ww2. Otherwise take your pick of towns along highway 5 or 99. They all got setup in the 50s due to hydro mining at least as far as norcal is concerned. I won't speak to anything below Chico.

Rodrick Dusio

Buddy of mine suggested Face Rock in Oregon.

JFitz

I suggest Manito Park in Spokane, Washington. It was started sometime in the 1900s (the decade, not the century) and is, I believe, a botanical garden. You could turn it into a food production location, or make the flowers mutant.

dualCalibur

Yellowstone is pretty obvious but it's still a cool location. Mt Rushmore as well. Mt Saint Helens in Washington if you want a volcano.

Cspiders

If you are talking Northern California there the moaning caverns. Quite beautiful pretty large limestone caverns

Cspiders

So Berkeley got its national reputation in the 60s and 70s but the city has always been bohemian and some of the campuses pre 60’s history is really interesting. Both for cool science stuff but also for art and literature and religious studies. across the bay there is the lovely particle collider at Stanford.

Ronin

The Willamette Falls in Oregon is the Largest Waterfall by volume in the Northwestern United States and like 15th or 17th largest in the world or something. There's also Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge is the tallest Waterfall in Oregon. There's also Mount Hood which is also a Volcano, so you could have Perry cause it to erupt.

Sdff

I can't imagine much in South Dakota before 1969 besides Sioux Falls that would have escaped a lot of Nukes headed for mount Rushmore. It's a pretty east river west river state and you got 200 miles between the black hills or Sioux Falls and the river. Minneapolis/Saint Paul wasn't mentioned that I can remember. Which is really weird as it's halfway between Chicago and North Dakota with a few million people in the metro, even 1969. The state capital and Sain Paul's cathedral would have been good landmarks there. The really funny thing would be to half had it forgotten about because a minder/technopath had such insanely strong electromagnetic powers and a desire to ignore the end of the world that it just sort of advanced parrellel, but cut off to other cities. With historical innovations like Gopher (protocol) internet coming out of the city showing it's capability to progress parrellel to the other cities. An invisible city like Wakanda, but for Midwesterners. I don't know if it would be tasteless to have Prince be the mayor or just plain fun. Purple Rain

Lecompte Dusang

Redwood forests along the southern Oregon and northern California coasts. A sea of mammoth trees that were later cut down.