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Horace Burgess's treehouse in Crossville, Tennessee, in 2015.
outsider art

The Life and Fiery Death of the World's Biggest Treehouse

Its dedicated, sagelike maker isn't at all upset.
Matthew Taub May 4, 2020
Pudding Lane sign
London, England

Pudding Lane

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.
Video • Wonder From Home

Show & Tell: The Radio Guy’s Collection of Scary-Looking Headgear

11:59
Ramhormoz, Iran

Tashkooh Burning Hill

Leaking natural gas never stops burning on this hill, making it an infinite inferno.
The Dude Fire Memorial Grove in Bonita Creek Estates.
Payson, Arizona

Dude Fire Memorial Grove

This small memorial is dedicated to the Perryville State Prison firefighters who perished fighting the Dude Fire in 1990.
<em>Justin Sullivan shooting low, Camp Fire</em>, 2018
forests

The California Photographer Who Has Shot More Than 100 Wildfires

Noah Berger is in his element amid smoke and flames.
Winnie Lee February 26, 2020
Osaka, Japan

Izakaya Toyo

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.
Keller House
Malibu, California

Keller House

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.
The sizable slugs are bright, but good at hiding.
volcanoes

An Ancient Australian Volcano Is a Haven for Giant Pink Slugs

Just because they're huge and garish doesn't mean they're easy to find.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 31, 2020
Items that did not suffer significant damage were sent back to the museum to be reboxed.
museums

The Aftermath of a Fire at the Museum of Chinese in America's Archives

Staff are hopeful after the first recovery effort found 150 boxes in a salvageable state.
Sabrina Imbler January 31, 2020
Hail struck Parliament House in Canberra on January 20, 2020.
disasters

Australia Needs Slow and Steady Rain—Not Golf Ball-Sized Hail

The fire-scorched landscape needs water. But not the kind that recently fell on Canberra.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 24, 2020
Platypuses face an uncertain future.
fires

Australia’s Platypuses Are Invisible Victims of the Bushfires

After years of drought and habitat loss, “It’s one more nail in their coffin.”
Sabrina Imbler January 24, 2020
Sandstone strip mining area.
Camillus, New York

Split Rock Quarry

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.
Hungry?
fires

Air-Dropped Carrots Might Be a Temporary Answer to a Threatened Wallaby's Prayers

After devastating Australian bushfires, root vegetables could help the brush-tailed rock-wallaby hang on.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 16, 2020
A cultural fire in Martu country, Western Australia.
fire fighters

How Aboriginal Hunting and 'Cool Burns' Prevent Australian Wildfires

The current crisis has pushed the country to consider cultural burning.
Reina Gattuso January 14, 2020
In gallery forests, sohisika may attain a height of around 60 feet and a diameter of about three feet.
forests

How Four Madagascar Villages Battled a Blaze to Save Their Trees

Two hundred men and women fought to protect the last wild sohisika trees.
Erik Vance January 1, 2020
forests

Watch This Yule Log Burn in the Name of Science

Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service's Fire Sciences Laboratory.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 20, 2019
The Towers of Narragansett.
Narragansett, Rhode Island

The Towers of Narragansett

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.