As writers, we don’t have the time, the money, or both, to travel everywhere we’d like to just to feel an atmosphere or to discribe better a city or a specific place. Sad, but it’s a fact. So when I find some interesting pictures on the web, I try to imagine how the place is, I look for details… And sometimes I even discover some wonderful settings I would never have thought of.

Some examples ?
On this blog, there is a whole serie of pictures of abandoned antarctic outposts, cabins and villages. Ideal for a thriller or some horror story ? Just have a look 🙂

I can’t resist adding pictures of a place I do know : the Caves Saint Sabin, in Paris. It was once the best Gothic club in this part of Europe, and the surroundings are just amazing.

I have to add this, too… 33 most beautiful abandoned places in the world …