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The Hinkley Fire Museum.
Hinckley, Minnesota

Hinckley Fire Museum

Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.
Garfield, Washington

Elberton Ghost Town

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.
The Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial.
Yarnell, Arizona

Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial

The stone circle honors the 19 firemen who perished during the Yarnell Hill Fire.
Columbia, Missouri

University of Missouri Columns

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.
Wildflowers are beginning to poke through in areas impacted by the Woolsey Fire.
fires

Last Year’s Severe Wildfires May Intensify a Spring Wildflower ‘Superbloom’

Fire followed by rain is the recipe for colorful fields and canyons.
Evan Nicole Brown February 7, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Black Peas

No Bonfire Night is complete without a cup of this warm, vinegar-flavored snack.
The Smoking Hills, as seen from the sea.
Inuvik, Unorganized, Northwest Territories

The Smoking Hills

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.
Yazd Atash Behram (Fire Temple).
Yazd, Iran

Yazd Atash Behram

The fire inside this temple has burned for more than 1,500 years.
A meteorite is seen amid debris at Rio de Janeiro's treasured National Museum on September 3, 2018, a day after a massive fire ripped through the building.
museums

Step Inside Brazil’s Museu Nacional, Before the Devastating Blaze

A new digital tour helps visitors jump back in time.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 2, 2019
Bar Harbor, Maine

Jordan Pond Popovers

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
Smoke from the Woolsey Fire darkens the sky at Zuma beach in Malibu on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018.
fires

How Wildfire Smoke Drifts So Quickly

Scientists are able to predict its path.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 21, 2018
An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 15, 2018 in Paradise, California.
museums

California's Gold Nugget Museum Has Been Lost to the Camp Fire

The Paradise institution honored the town's mining days.
Evan Nicole Brown November 16, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Tinder Fungus

One of the earliest fire-starting “technologies.”
This tagged mountain lion kitten is part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Areas long-term tracking program.
fires

How Does California’s Wildlife Cope With Massive Wildfires?

Researchers at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area are trying to better understand animal survival tactics.
Anna Kusmer November 13, 2018
Ruins of Camerata and the road that leads down to Camerata Nuova.
Camerata Nuova, Italy

Camerata Vecchia

The ruins of a medieval village that was abandoned after a 19th-century inferno.
The stone marker, with replicas of the company's original jars.
Somerville, Massachusetts

Emerson’s Pickle Factory Plaque

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.
The red and black striped firefighter houses.
Ponce, Puerto Rico

Calle 25 de Enero

These red and black houses were awarded to the firefighters who saved their city from an enormous blaze.
The World Peace Flame and walkway.
The Hague, Netherlands

World Peace Flame Pathway

Lumps of significant stone from around the world surround a flaming monument for peace.