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

Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

Don't be a grizzly man. Get personal with Alaska's wild bears from the safety of this conservationist camp.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.