Subterranean

In 1800, Elma Sands was found murdered at the bottom of the Manhattan Well. What followed was America’s first recorded trial.

An urban explorer ventured deep below the bustling streets of downtown Minneapolis. He discovered more than he bargained for.

From its hand-dug well to its fully sustainable power grid, Greensburg’s defining characteristic has been its own constant reinvention.

This 90-year-old underground reservoir once held 15 million gallons of drinking water for the people of Houston.

And 10 places to wait out a (fictional) undead apocalypse.

More than a year after a devastating eruption in the Canary Islands, a team is exploring a braided network of still-hot lava tubes.

And justified the most extreme responses.

Ítala Fulvia Villa oversaw the building of the colossal Sixth Pantheon—but history nearly erased her contributions.