Heh. No responses yet? I'm pretty tight-fisted with any of my ideas, but especially really good stuff like strange and mystic places. Other people probably are as well.
1: Dutney Knife
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A large stone sliver juts out of the earth like a dagger thrust into the ground. This stone is called Dutney Knife, after the countryside of Dutney which surrounds it. Like all megalithic formations, this one has its legends. The Dutney Knife is said to be the weapon of a god whose followers began to worship another deity. In his indignation the god threw down his knife and vowed that one day he would return for his revenge. To this day, though, the stone just stands there, several stories high, jutting out of (or stabbing into) the earth near the village of Dutney.
The ground surrounding the knife is always blood red. This "stone knife" is actually a gigantic sliver of iron ore. The "blood" on the earth surrounding it is simply rust. However, unknown to most the ore does have strange qualities. Weapons made from this ore are always covered with a coat of rust, but never disintegrate, waste away or require any sharpening. It is also whispered that weapons fashioned from the ore might have the same dreaded power as a rust monster. Superstitious fear keeps most people from taking any of the ore for use in weapon making or anything else.
That's almost verbatim from my current campaign. The only one I'm willing to part with right now. My players haven't even been there yet.
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