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Wood Mine

Nether Alderley, England

Alderley Edge Mines

The oldest known metal-mining site in England dates back to the Bronze Age.

Main area under the water feature/skylight

Valencia, Spain

L'Almoina Archaeological Centre

Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.

Herľany, Slovakia

Herľany Geyser

One of the few cold geysers in Europe, its eruptions are powered by carbon dioxide.

Filmmaking in the Porte des Lilas station.

The Ghost Subway Station in Paris Where Films Come to Life

In Porte des Lilas, it’s lights, camera, Métro!

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank May 25, 2021

Podcast: Basilica Cistern

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

The Podcast Team May 13, 2021

Ligatne Secret Soviet Bunker

23 Places to Relive the Cold War

Tunnels, towers, and control rooms preserve an era of tension and paranoia.

Gemma Tarlach May 6, 2021

Beyond Bunker. A whole village could live down here

Tizimín, Mexico

Three Kings Catacombs

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.

Tour these tunnels beneath Lincoln, Nebraska.

Lincoln, Nebraska

Robber's Cave

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.

The Itäkeskus swimming hall doubles as an emergency shelter beneath Helsinki.

How Cold War Fears Helped Create Helsinki's Subterranean Paradise

The Finnish capital's city-within-a-city has a church, a hockey rink, and stockpiles of life-saving supplies.

Michael Hunt March 22, 2021

Stazione Neapolis

A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.

An aerial view of a portion of the site that a drone surveyed in Kansas.

How Drones Help Archaeologists Peer Into the Earth

A late-night drone flight spotted a large, circular earthwork beneath a field in Kansas.

Karen Chernick October 9, 2020

Virolahti, Finland

Abandoned Bunkers of Salpalinja

Fortifications built for a Soviet invasion that never came now sit abandoned in a losing battle against nature.

An architectural pilgrimage.

8 Blissfully Shady Spots to Escape the Arizona Sun

50 States of Wonder

The cave entrance is unassuming.

Oracle, Arizona

Peppersauce Cave

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

Descend into Agongointo-Zoungoudo

Agongointo-Zoungoudo Archaeological Park

This subterranean town of over 50 dwellings lies thirty feet beneath the Earth's surface.

The mine slows the degradation of the photos. The most delicate materials are kept in a special refrigerated section.

This Vast Photo Archive Is Hidden Inside a Cold, Heavily Guarded Limestone Mine

Over 11 million Getty images are on ice near Pittsburgh.

Isaac Schultz May 11, 2020

The station entrance/exit on Surrey Street.

London, England

Aldwych Tube Station

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

The massive gallery 1,600 feet below France has some pretty big feet on display.

What It’s Like to Find Prehistoric Dinosaur Tracks on the Ceiling

Of course, they are deep underground and came from 75-ton titanosaurs.

Isaac Schultz April 22, 2020