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Fireside in his classic pose.

The Marvelous Manholes of Massachusetts

An afternoon with Daniel Fireside, one of the Boston area's most dedicated drainspotters.

Cara Giaimo August 28, 2018

Calf Pasture Pumping Station.

Boston, Massachusetts

Calf Pasture Pumping Station

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

A new TV special gives a fatberg the <em>CSI</em> treatment.

What an Enormous Fatberg Can Tell Us About How Londoners Live

An "autopsy" on the congealed behemoth illuminates what people flush down the drain.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 25, 2018

The winner!

Why the Sewer Is the Most Wondrous Everyday Invention

The votes are in, and the winner of Mundane Madness is right beneath your feet.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 2, 2018

Visitors can view a slice of the fatberg from behind two layers of protective glass.

How a Museum Cares for a Giant Chunk of Dried-Out Fat

A conservator shares the nitty-gritty details about taking a fatberg from the sewer to an exhibition.

Jessica Leigh Hester February 16, 2018

A Beautiful Map of Boston's Sewers

It's the perfect day to look at some historic Beantown infrastructure.

Cara Giaimo February 5, 2018

Clean Rivers Tunnel.

Washington, D.C.

Clean Rivers Tunnel

An 18-mile-long tunnel for sewage waste will soon wind within the bowels of Washington, D.C.

In Switzerland, they just throw this stuff away.

There's Gold in Switzerland's Sewage

Also, a whole lot of silver.

Sarah Laskow October 11, 2017

Part of the sewers seen in the tour, as it was in the film.

Vienna, Austria

Vienna Sewer System

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

Glass floors reveal layers of underlying history.

Museo Faggiano

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

Meet the Belfast 'Fatberg,' the Grossest Thing You'll See All Day

The mass of grease and baby wipes has been slowly amassing beneath the streets.

Cara Giaimo June 26, 2017

Washington, D.C.

Washington City Canal Outfall

A portal into the bricked up canal that runs through the heart of Washington D.C.

Spilled: 200 Gallons of Cream in Virginia

Accidents happen.

Erik Shilling May 9, 2017

Portland's sewers will now contribute to society.

Portland's Sewers May Soon Help Power the City's Garbage Trucks

"We're going to be turning poop into power."

Cara Giaimo May 3, 2017

The Crossness Pumping Station in London was so intricately decorated that it was nicknamed "The Cathedral on the Marsh."

Modern Cities Owe Their Cleanliness to These Innovative Old Sewers

Crucial advances in where we put our poop, throughout history.

Kavya Ram Mohan April 13, 2017

Cloaca Maxima

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

Chandelier Hall in the Cologne sewage system.

Cologne, Germany

Chandelier Hall

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

Secrets of Puebla Tunnels

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.