Comments on: The Allure of Nonexistent Places http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/2012/01/the-allure-of-nonexistent-places/ Just another blogs.smithsonianmag.com site Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:37:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: sparcboy http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/2012/01/the-allure-of-nonexistent-places/#comment-193 sparcboy Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:41:36 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/?p=254#comment-193 I once longed to travel across America. At a time when no roads, fences or telegraph poles would be encountered. I once longed to travel across America. At a time when no roads, fences or telegraph poles would be encountered.

]]> By: Kelena http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/2012/01/the-allure-of-nonexistent-places/#comment-192 Kelena Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:55:16 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/?p=254#comment-192 I always have been fascinated by the Origins of the Continents! and would like to go back in time and see Pangea before our current Earth. Or how about Mu people of Oceania tell of oral traditions of Mu, or how about mythical Lemuria or Where is the Real Atlantis!!! Oh to dream! I always have been fascinated by the Origins of the Continents! and would like to go back in time and see Pangea before our current Earth. Or how about Mu people of Oceania tell of oral traditions of Mu, or how about mythical Lemuria or Where is the Real Atlantis!!! Oh to dream!

]]> By: Lauren Swain http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/2012/01/the-allure-of-nonexistent-places/#comment-191 Lauren Swain Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:10:05 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/?p=254#comment-191 Having been to Lake Powell and surrounding areas many times, myself, I deeply appreciate this comparison between the Glen Canyon we will never know with other fanciful and real places that cannot be seen today. Lake Powell is OK, given we have no choice but to accept and enjoy it as best we can, but I hope we can save all the other wild canyons for future generations to imagine, anticipate, and enjoy. Having been to Lake Powell and surrounding areas many times, myself, I deeply appreciate this comparison between the Glen Canyon we will never know with other fanciful and real places that cannot be seen today.

Lake Powell is OK, given we have no choice but to accept and enjoy it as best we can, but I hope we can save all the other wild canyons for future generations to imagine, anticipate, and enjoy.

]]> By: Cynthia S http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/2012/01/the-allure-of-nonexistent-places/#comment-190 Cynthia S Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:42:21 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/?p=254#comment-190 My grandsons and I have spent the last 2 summers taking weekend trips to Texas cities. The fist list is cities with names of food, like Coke, Oatmeal, Marshmallow, and Coffee. The second list is cities with names of foreigh places, Canton, Paris, Athens, Corinth. It's been interesting to uncover the locations - one "city" was only a weathered store next to a no longer used railway. Found a couple of places we will never eat at again, one bakery that we still worth the hour drive to visit. Have done a lot of research and atlases are wonderful books. We still have great adventures!! My grandsons and I have spent the last 2 summers taking weekend trips to Texas cities. The fist list is cities with names of food, like Coke, Oatmeal, Marshmallow, and Coffee. The second list is cities with names of foreigh places, Canton, Paris, Athens, Corinth.
It’s been interesting to uncover the locations – one “city” was only a weathered store next to a no longer used railway. Found a couple of places we will never eat at again, one bakery that we still worth the hour drive to visit. Have done a lot of research and atlases are wonderful books.
We still have great adventures!!

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