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Subterranean Sites
Casa de Piedra (Stone House)
An impressive home made of stone, carved more than a century ago
Hoosac Tunnel
The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction
Panarchy Tomb Room
The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society
Lechuguilla Cave
Lechuguilla Cave - A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground
Chilzina and the Forty Steps of Kandahar
Rock-cut chamber at top of an outcroup, reached by a mountain stairway of forty steps
Coconino Lava River Cave
Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock
Stupa of Takht-e Rostam
Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery
Sewers of Toronto
A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste
Ellora Caves
This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.
Guildhall's Underground Amphitheater
A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard
