My son has a book called Grumpy Monkey, about a chimp who is grumpy and realizes over the course of the story that it’s fine – sometimes we just need to be grouchy for no reason, but we’ll feel better soon.
If you’re having a day like that while the people around you insist there’s no reason to feel down, well, this Instagram account called Sad Topographies might be for you.
Photographer and geographer Damien Rudd has collected bizarrely and unfortunately named places in the world, compiling him on his account to “spread sadness worldwide,” and to “provide somewhere to go when you’re feeling low.”
If you enjoy sort of wallowing in your melancholy days sometimes, here are 13 places you can virtually visit so that you location matches your mood.
12. We are all living here right now.
View this post on InstagramQuarantine Beach, Sydney, Australia #quaratine
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11. Very existential crisis-y.
10. I can’t say I’m tempted to visit.
9. The choice is yours, my friends.
View this post on InstagramGrumpy lane, Halifax, Canada #grumpy
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8. Pretty sure I went there a few times in college.
View this post on InstagramMistake Island, Jonesport U.S #mistake
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7. There are birds there that don’t chirp, they just say “womp-womp.”
View this post on InstagramDisappointment Island, New Zealand #disappointment
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6. Is this a requirement to live there, or…
5. Score one for accuracy.
View this post on InstagramNowhere Else, Tasmania, Australia #nowhereelse
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4. One definitely feels inferior.
View this post on InstagramLittle d%ck Lake, Marcell Township U.S #littledick
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3. Is this the setting of a horror novel?
View this post on InstagramCrying Child Island, Florida U.S #cryingchild
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2. I think I dated a guy that lived there once.
1. I bet this intersects with Loser Lane somewhere.
View this post on InstagramFriendless Lane, St Albans U.K #friendless
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As someone who’s been known to wallow, I super duper love this, and will be scrolling/visiting often.
Have you ever visited somewhere with a name like this? What did you think? Tell us what it is in the comments!