http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/awe Questions tagged with 'awe' at Ask MetaFilter. Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:50:11 -0800 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:50:11 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/40768/Roadtrip Name some big things in the continental US. Examples of the sort of thing I'm looking for are inside, but if I had to sum it up it would be: man-made or natural objects that are awesome in size, scale, ambition, or displacement from their surroundings -- and which I can drive to without needing special permission or lots of advance preparation. Some of the things I've thought of already are <a href="http://lightningfield.org">the Lightning Field</a>, <a href="http://spiraljetty.org">Spiral Jetty</a>, Devils Tower, the <a href="http://www.vla.nrao.edu/">Very Large Array</a>... Go ahead and list obvious stuff like Mt. Rushmore or Yellowstone or Niagara falls if you like, since I'm sure I've forgotten about at least some of them, but I'm most interested in hearing about obscure or weird locations that maybe only locals would have heard about: abandoned airforce bases, maybe; stripmines; weird or obsessive shrines in the woods, whatever you can think of.<br> <br> This isn't for a book or photo project. I just have some time, a car, and a need to recapture a sense of wonder. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.40768 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:50:11 -0800 awe big senseofwonder sightseeing travel ook