etsy artist draws tolkien-esque maps of cleveland, other cities

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It's amazing what some people can do with their artistic talents, isn't it? A faculty member at Pennsylvania's Slippery Rock University has created this cartographic art of Cleveland.

"Those who fancifully refer to their daily commute as 'there and back again' will likely be excited to learn that Stentor Danielson, assistant geography professor by profession and whimsical cartographer at heart, has been creating maps of major American cities like Cleveland and Pittsburgh in the style of fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien."

"In addition to his de riguer Etsy store, a seeming must for endeavors of this nature, Danielson also maintains a densely-illustrated Tumblr called Mapsburgh, where he showcases his own work as well as that of other fantasy-minded artists and creators of odd, impractical things."

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