Places Kyfaha Wants to Go

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

The largest cactus farm in Africa.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.