Places semken Wants to Go

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

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

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

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

Beautiful views of the surrounding hills and birds of prey can be found at this sanctuary.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

This former power station is now a museum dedicated to the region's coal-producing history.

This former coal mine, now a fascinating museum, was the site of Belgium's worst mining disaster.

The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.

This park and coal mine heritage site is home to two of the last steam winding engines in the UK.

These early 19th-century kilns were used to make coke, a key Ingredient in steel production.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.