Places - Where Magic Meets Reality

Real locations you visit every day, each with its own magical overlay. These aren't imaginary faraway lands - they're the places you pass on the way home from school, visit at Christmas, and walk through daily.

Real-World Anchors 🗺️

Active Locations

• [[the-hole]] - The entrance! At the base of the tree in the backyard (Dec 2025)
• [[automotive-museum-kingsville]] - Pass it every day, old police car out front, mysterious big tree with time vortex
• [[christmas-village]] - Visiting in 1-2 weeks, where friends are establishing new homes
• [[school-entrance]] - The portal to the magic kingdom (Ben knows exactly where it is!)

Historical Locations

• [[old-house-forest]] - Where it all began: the original tree house, meteor crash, first discoveries

How Places Work

Every real location has two layers:

• What you see: Normal museum, village, school
• What's hidden: Intercoms in trees, time vortexes, magic kingdom entrances

The magic is always there - you just need to know where to look.

Navigation

• West: Back to [[the-magic-kingdom]]
• North: See who lives here → [[characters]]
• South: Read stories set in these places → [[stories]]

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"At that place we drive past every day, there's magic if you know where to look."

Slots

North

slots: []

South

slots:
- stories
- context:
  - Linking The Hole to places collection
  slug: the-hole
- context:
  - Essex County town
  slug: harrow
- context:
  - Essex County town
  slug: colchester

East

slots: []

West

slots:
- the-magic-kingdom

Active Locations