Weatherly, Pennsylvania
Eckley Miners' Village
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
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Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
São Paulo, Brazil
This necropolis is home to eclectic funerary art and is the final resting place for much of the city's nobility.
Bhaktapur, Nepal
The former stronghold of the Malla Dynasty has remained virtually unchanged since the 17th century.
Oxford, England
The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.
Glasgow, Scotland
The remains of an anti-aircraft battery from World War II look out over Glasgow.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.
Trenton, New Jersey
The way these carnivorous dinosaurs are posed is an homage to a classic work of paleoart.
Drumheller, Alberta
A six-person chapel in the middle of Alberta's badlands.
New York, New York
This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.
La Palma, Spain
Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Wustermark, Germany
The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
New Castle, Colorado
A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.
Turkey
Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Yangzhou Shi, China
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
Grantham, England
Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.
Stamford, England
England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.
Louth, England
A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.
Hull, England
This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.