2. Hermitage - St. Petersburg, Russia Summit of Kilimanjaro - Tanzania
Why?
2.5 million people on Copacabana Beach – Rio de Janiero, Brazil Guest house at base of Mt. Fuji- Kawaguchiko, Japan
8. Badlands National Park – Interior, South Dakota Devils Tower National Monument
Hulett, Wyoming
Montana
Montezuma Castle National Monument – Camp Verde, Arizona
15. World’s Largest Ball of Paint – Alexandria , Indiana World’s Largest Drug Store– Wall Drug, South Dakota
Field of Corn – Dublin , Ohio
Geographic Center of US – Kinsley, Kansas
16. Beach Bum Festival
Tybee Island, Georgia
Billy the Kid Shootout
Deadwood, South Dakota
Mine fires may begin as a result of an industrial accident, generally involving a gas explosion. Historically, some mine fires were started when bootleg mining was stopped by authorities, usually by blowing the mine up. Many recent mine fires have started from people burning trash in a landfill that was in proximity to abandoned coal mines, including the much publicized Centralia, Pennsylvania fire, which has been burning since 1962. Of the hundreds of mine fires in the United States burning today, most are found in the state of Pennsylvania.Some fires along coal seams are natural occurrences. Some coals may self-ignite at temperatures as low as 40
