Ratlinghope, England
Grave of the Last Sin-Eater
A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Ratlinghope, England
A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.
Beverly, Massachusetts
A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.
Inuvik, Unorganized, Northwest Territories
These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.
Chamchamal, Iraq
A boiling wellspring flowing with natural gas burns in a continual blaze.
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
A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.
Wingen, Australia
6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Panguila, Angola
Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Szentendre, Hungary
A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.
Lítla Dímun, Faroe Islands
This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.
Akureyri, Iceland
Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Banos, Ecuador
A swing to dangle you off the very edge.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Corinne, Utah
An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.
Los Angeles, California
From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.