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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Stonehenge''
'''Tis a magic place''
''Where the moon doth rise''
''With a dragon's face"''|Spinal Tap, "Stonehenge"}}
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Sometimes these locations will be turned into a [[Weaponized Landmark]]. Compare [[Ruins for Ruins Sake]] and [[Temple of Doom]], which may overlap. Probably the result of [[Small Reference Pools]] and as such is the Sister Trope to [[Public Domain Artifact]].
{{examples|Examples include}}▼
* Angkor Wat - A genuine lost temple, deep in remote jungle
* [[Area 51]] - What is the U.S. government hiding in the Nevada desert?
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* Machu Picchu - An Incan city in the mountains of Peru, abandoned centuries ago.
* Nazca, Peru - Landing strip for the [[Ancient Astronauts]].
* [[
* Stonehenge - Ascribed all sorts of mystic powers, usually ''completely ignoring'' all the other stone circles around Europe.
* Uluru (a.k.a. Ayer's Rock) in central Australia.
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=== Notable appearances in media
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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== Comics ==
* Long-dormant aliens burst out of the ground in one ''[[Dan Dare]]'' comic. British comic?
== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]'' features Shangri-La with Yetis. Then the Great Wall becomes a bonus Landmark of Lore.
** In the first two movies, Hamunaptra is an in-universe example. Good news: the stories about it being the resting place for the wealth of Egypt are true! Bad news: so is that story about the cursed mummy!
** And at the beginning of the first one, you had '''[[Somewhere This Index Is Crying|Thebes with pyramids]]''', which seemed kinda mystical. [[Hollywood Atlas|Apparently]], [[Real Place Background|Giza and Thebes]] [[Mix-and-Match Critters|were united]] to create a nice
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[
* The old Lucasarts game ''[[Zak Mccracken And The Alien Mindbenders]]'', heavily steeped in [[Ancient Astronauts]] material, feature all sorts of landmarks that are more than they seem.
* ''[[Illusion of Gaia]]'' had several mythical locations as special landmarks in the game - the Nazca lines, the Great Wall, Angkor Wat and even the [[Tower of Babel]].
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