In art, i'm supposed to make a "map" not like a navigation, but like a small city, or a town. i want to do something interesting, and not something most of the students in my class are doing.

i cross out:
steampunk,
city,
town,
neighborhood,
abandoned (city, town, etc.)
museum,
and forest.

any ideas?

You could always make a map based off one of your favorite book or movie. Maybe there is a specific scene in it. Like i think it would be cool if someone made Ariels (the little mermaids) kingdom underwater. Its still a city kind of thing but with a twist and obviously underwater city would be a lot different from something like Boston or NYC.