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Fire

12 Unique Approaches to Cooking With Fire

More than your average s'more.

Michelle Cassidy June 14, 2024

End winter with some fiery chaos.

Spinning Balls of Fire Light Up Spring in This German Town

Plus fireworks, music, and maybe a goddess or two.

Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey April 30, 2024

Baked Alaska, such as this one served at Arnaud's Restaurant in New Orleans, is one of the classic flambéed foods.

Flambé Your Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

This retro cooking trend is back.

Anne Ewbank March 4, 2024

Torches are made from trees that were sick, dying, or were felled during winter storms.

The Italian Town That Welcomes Winter With a Procession of Fire

Every December, thousands of torches transform Agnone into the fire capital of the world.

Asia London Palomba December 13, 2023

Hyde Park Picture House is the last cinema in the world to be lit by gas lamps.

How to Ensure the Last Gas-Lamp Theater in the World Doesn’t Blow Up

Though safe today, antique lights once posed risks of poisoning, suffocation, asbestos, radioactivity, and explosions.

Jenny Elliott September 7, 2023

Schiphol, Netherlands

FireFly

A solid steel plane designed to catch fire over and over again.

In 2015, this effigy of the Pagan goddess Marzanna met a fiery end.

In Poland, Drowning the Pagan Goddess Marzanna Ushers in Spring

A straw effigy of the winter goddess is burned and then submerged in chilly waters.

Sarah Laskow May 3, 2023

The Martis Peak Lookout.

Kings Beach, California

Martis Peak Lookout

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.

Bonfires and revelry dominate modern Beltane celebrations, but the origins of the event are more mundane.

Beltane Is About More Than Fire and Fertility

The ancient “Celtic” start of summer is rooted in animal husbandry—and it’s not on May 1.

Gemma Tarlach April 28, 2023

St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Lilac Park

Originally built by the Works Progress Administration, this park was recently saved from demolition.

A female orangutan and her three-year-old offspring from Central Kalimantan, Borneo; primatologists found the primates reduced social interaction in the wake of destructive fires.

How Orangutans Changed Their Behavior After Devastating Fires

Primatologists found the disaster's effects lingered years after the smoke cleared from Borneo's forests.

Bridget Alex April 5, 2022

The punch is equal parts delicious drink and light show.

A Brief History of Germany’s Favorite Flaming Punch

How a fiery bowl of booze became a Christmas classic.

Sam O'Brien December 13, 2021

Podcast: Maine’s Burning Blueberry Fields

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team October 19, 2021

Is This the End of Switzerland’s Chimney Sweep 'Mafia'?

The long history and new face of a sooty industry.

Oriana Pauli October 8, 2021

Bolas del Fuego, August 2013.

12 Celebrations Where Fire and Fireworks Reign Supreme

The United States isn't the only country that celebrates holidays with a bang.

Jonathan Carey July 2, 2021

W. Joyce Kilmer Fireplace

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Fireplace

This 85-year-old fireplace in an urban woodland is dedicated to a poet who recognized the beauty of a tree.

Spring inside the temple

Pir-e-Sabz Fire Temple (Chak Chak)

This remote mountain shrine is one of the most sacred Zoroastrian temples remaining in the world.

An old sati stone visible in Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

India’s Sati Stones Commemorate a Macabre Historical Practice

Their challenging legacy has complicated preservation and study.

Kamala Thiagarajan November 30, 2020