The Atlas Obscura web site has some neat stuff, including some places that just scream to be settings for one of the FDO's novels...
Ever hear of the Gates of Hell?
"In the hot, expansive Karakum desert in Turkmenistan, near the 350 person village of Derweze, is a hole 328 feet wide that has been on fire, continuously, for 38 years. Known as the Darvaza Gas Crater or the "Gates of Hells" by locals, the crater can be seen glowing for miles around."
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gates-hell
when I try it. Maybe I'll try again later.
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