Chamchamal, Iraq
Chamchamal Fire Well
A boiling wellspring flowing with natural gas burns in a continual blaze.
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Chamchamal, Iraq
A boiling wellspring flowing with natural gas burns in a continual blaze.
Bruges, Belgium
You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.
New Hope, Pennsylvania
This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.
Lota, Chile
The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.
Il-Gżira, Malta
The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A museum filled with tiny, adorable versions of the mighty Royal Danish Navy.
Donaueschingen, Germany
The great Danube river starts here.
Couëron, France
The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.
Ellicott City, Maryland
An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.
Breckenridge, Colorado
A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.
Apalachicola, Florida
Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.
Malinovka, Kazakhstan
A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.
Saint-Nazaire, France
These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.
Bath, England
This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
Šibenik, Croatia
Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.
Córdoba, Argentina
An intriguing antique iron Ferris wheel that most locals are sure was designed by Gustave Eiffel.
New York, New York
During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.
Washington, D.C.
A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.
London, England
19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
Vorden, Netherlands
Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.
Orlando, Florida
The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.
Ohrdruf, Germany
Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.
Grimeton, Sweden
A Very Low Frequency transmitter you can tune in on your PC.