Fortunately there are plenty of ways to safely wander through J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world. You can read his books or watch Peter Jackson’s films. Or you can explore Middle-earth via the ...

Updated by Jordan Iacobucci on January 15, 2025: Though many fantasy fans would love to enter J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional ... of Middle-earth's Orc population can be found in "evil" regions like ...

The villains of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were infamous for corrupting lands that once belonged to the Free Peoples of Middle-earth ... In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings ...

The Drury-Chaney Trail in Scotia, California, feels like something straight out of The Lord of the Rings, offering a magical hike through an ancient redwood forest! This enchanting trail, nestled in ...

Populated as it is with elves, demons and magic of all kinds, J.R.R. Tolkien ... And yet even Tolkien knew all too well that such victories are often fleeting — in Middle-earth as surely ...

We’re as surprised as you are that Joni Mitchell is a Tolkien fan. The famed folk singer/songwriter penned “I Think I Understand” back in 1969 for her album Clouds. On the surface, the ...

Lord of the Rings fans at Minecraft Middle-earth have spent years recreating J.R.R Tolkien's fantasy realm with the video ...

Literature experts discussed how the horrors of World War 1 may have influenced J.R.R. Tolkien in creating Middle-Earth's ...

And studying the choices that go into maps, as I do, can reveal different stories about land and the people who claim it as theirs. Nowhere is this more true than in the contested regions that ...

The new research adds to the mysteries of the planet’s deepest interior region. By Kenneth Chang The inner core at the center of the Earth, a ball of iron and nickel about 1,500 miles wide ...

In the middle of the state sits—you guessed it—Central Texas. This region’s rolling prairies and numerous lakes and reservoirs are why this part of Texas is sometimes included in the larger ...