Cities

Cities

The cities from around the world.

  • Ekibastuz

    Country: Kazakhstan
    Province / State: Pavlodar Region
    Population: 147 thousand
     

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    The GRES-2 power station in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan has the tallest smokestack (1,377 feet / 419.7 meters) in the world.

    Smokestack

  • Emelle

    Country: United States
    Province / State: Alabama
    Population: 53
     

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    Emelle Alabama is home to the largest hazardous waste dump in the United States.

    Toxic Waste

  • Grover's Mill

    Country: United States
    Province / State: New Jersey
    Population: 1000
     

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    Grover's Mill is an unincorporated community in New Jersey. It is the location of the first alien landing in Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds".

    Grover's Mill

  • Hilton Head

    Country: United States
    Province / State: South Carolina
    Population: 37 thousand
     

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    Where alligators are protected.

    Alligators

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  • New Orleans

    Country: United States
    Province / State: Louisiana
    Population: 340 thousand
     

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    New Orleans is home to the Voodoo Museum. Leave a coin for luck.

    Voodoo Museum

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  • Waterbury

    Country: United States
    Province / State: Vermont
    Population: 5 thousand
     

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    Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard is located at their Waterbury factory. It contains gravestones for the flavors that didn't quite make it.

    Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard

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  • Hooper

    Country: United States
    Province / State: Colorado
    Population: 103
     

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    Hooper is just south of the UFO Watchtower. The UFO Watchtower is an observation platform, campground, and gift shop in the San Luis Valley, an area known for UFO sightings.

    UFO Watchtower

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  • Centralia

    Country: United States
    Province / State: Pennsylvania
    Population: 10
     

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    A coal mine fire has been burning underneath Centralia since 1962. The town is mostly abandoned.

    Centralia