Human societies tend to assign the value to objects based on, among other things, scarcity. This certainly applies in the case of the giant money stones of Yap. There are no sources of limestone... »

Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane and Henry

"In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming" Off the coast of a remote Micronesian island lay the ruins of a once-great city of man-made stone islands that inspired the city of R'lyeh in... »

Long Now Locations, Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane, Annetta and 3 others