D&D General Real life 'dungeons' you can visit

[Retreater]

Come to my neck of the woods and see Mammoth Cave in central Kentucky. If it works out, I can even run a game of D&D for you.

 

[loverdrive]

Ah, I was expecting kinky stuff. Well, creepy structures are fine too!

I've personally hosted at least a couple of one-shots in an old Soviet-era bunker, now repurposed as a meeting place for artists, musicians and other lowlifes.

 

[J.Quondam]

The ksars (hill forts, typically built to defend granaries) of Tunisia are also pretty interesting. When I was last there 15-ish years ago, several of them were in ruins and completely open. It was very eerie walking among the rickety walls, partly because they weren';t exactly safe and partly because it felt wrong doing it, accustomed as I am of such things being secured in parks or museums.

Un aperçu des ksour et du désert du Sahara - De rêves et d'escales blog voyage et plongée

Se rendre à Djerba, en Tunisie, c'est se donner l'opportunité d'une excursion dans le désert du Sahara oriental. Qui ne rêverait pas de voir une oasis de palmiers, une étendue de sable infinie ou se balader à dos de dromadaires.

www.derevesetdescales.com

(Also, checking out ruined Star Wars set is a fun "adventure"!)

 

[J.Quondam]

Oh, and the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul is pretty neat.. especially the weird monster heads and things tucked away here and there:

The Basilica Cistern, the Coolest Spot in Town - Istanbul Insider -

There are hundreds of ancient cisterns hidden underneath the streets and houses of Istanbul. Of the two that are open to the public, the Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı) is the largest and Istanbul’s most unusual tourist attraction. Contrary to James Bond, who had to row his way through...

theistanbulinsider.com

 

[GuyBoy]

Ah, I was expecting kinky stuff. Well, creepy structures are fine too!

I've personally hosted at least a couple of one-shots in an old Soviet-era bunker, now repurposed as a meeting place for artists, musicians and other lowlifes.

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Would be cool to play Twilight 2000, Gamma World or something similar in a Cold War era bunker.

 

[embee]

Oh, and the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul is pretty neat.. especially the weird monster heads and things tucked away here and there:

The Basilica Cistern, the Coolest Spot in Town - Istanbul Insider -

There are hundreds of ancient cisterns hidden underneath the streets and houses of Istanbul. Of the two that are open to the public, the Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı) is the largest and Istanbul’s most unusual tourist attraction. Contrary to James Bond, who had to row his way through...

theistanbulinsider.com

I remember exploring cisterns in Israel 25 years back. In no small part because one of the sites was only accessible by an extremely steep descent (I think it was Arbela) and I lost my footing and nearly fell off a cliff.

It was worth it though to go crawling through passageways that opened up onto huge spaces.

 

[Undrave]

The ruins on the Palatine Hill in Rome (really the entire area around the old Forum), have a strong "open air" dungeon vibe.

For a more contemporary locale, Every time I visit Chicago I'm struck by how layered a city can be, with these underground sections that feel like modern labyrinths.

Both Toronto and Montreal have extensive underground tunnel system in their downtown core that makes traversing the city in the winter much easier. The local university also has a pretty impressive tunnel system that makes it that some students can spend the entire winter without going outside if they want to.

Another modern 'dungeon' is the Difenbunker near Ottawa! A Cold War era bunker meant to house the Prime Minister and the government.

And, if you have kids, you can do have fun at Montreal's S.O.S. Labyrinth, an indoor labyrinth where you have to find four 'treasures' before exiting. The whole thing is built out of textile panel so they periodically reconfigure the whole thing and the experience is timed if you want to try for the leaderboard!

 

[Zaukrie]

Come to my neck of the woods and see Mammoth Cave in central Kentucky. If it works out, I can even run a game of D&D for you.

Was supposed to go there at the beginning of the pandemic.....Now we'll likely just wait until it is 100% (give or take) repaired/open.

 

[Zaukrie]

Ancient underground city of Derinkuyu in Turkey.

Derinkuyu Underground City

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

www.atlasobscura.com

Derinkuyu & The Underground Cities of Cappadocia - Sometimes Interesting

The underground city at Derinkuyu is neither the largest nor oldest, but it fascinates as it is the deepest of the underground cities and was only recently

sometimes-interesting.com

I'd love to see this someday. I changed part of the Forgotten Realms to be like this.....

 

[Minigiant]

Ever been in the NYC Subway system at 2AM on the weekend and not 100%
yourself?

Now that's an adventure. Bring a party.