There’s an old writer’s joke–whenever we’re asked by eager newbies “Where do you get your ideas?” we reply with an involved shaggy dog tale involving a subscription idea service run by a little old lady in Schenectady.  The next best thing (and it really exists!) is Atlas Obscura, “a compendium of the world’s wonders, curiosities, and esoterica”.   Want to know where the largest collection of books bound in human skin is located?  Who the “Crystal Maiden” is?  It’s all there, and you can easily get lost going from one weird and wonderful thing to another.  I defy you to not get a story idea going through that site …