Section 1:

Below are four "stories" from The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, by Chris Van Allsburg.  (You should really purchase this book if you can--it's terrific!)  Mr. Allsburg has also authored many other great books, such as Jumanji and The Polar Express.
 

• A Strange Day in July

• The Harp

• Mr. Linden's Library

• Another Place, Another Time

Section 2:

Below are links to various paintings by James Christensen.  He is a terrific artist who tends to paint incredibly creative and unusual pictures.

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•  Picture 6

Section 3:

Below is a link to unusual pictures that should get your mind itching to write.
 

• Fun and Unusual Pictures

Section 4:

Below are links to two real QTVR pictures of Mars taken from NASA's Viking landers.  Put your mouse cursor on the picture, click, then drag left or right to look in any direction you wish.  (These are from www.pgd.hawaii.edu/prpdc/mep.html.)
 

•   Picture 1

•  Picture 2

Section 5:
Below are links to various QTVR pictures I found to be quite interesting.  Again, put your mouse cursor on the picture, click, then drag left or right to look in any direction you wish.
 

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•  Picture 6