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Indianapolis, Indiana
Pogue's Run
This hidden stream beneath Indianapolis makes an appearance in the best-selling novel "Underground Airlines."
Sevierville, Tennessee
Forbidden Caverns
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Tunnels of Moose Jaw
Underground tunnels once home to crime are now back open to the public.
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Found: An Underground Meth Lab in a Walmart Parking Lot
The Walmart stayed open while police dove down in.
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Found: Secret, Illicit Tunnels in an Oregon Park
Police are not happy.
Barcelona, Spain
Sewers of Barcelona
Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.
East Jerusalem, Israel
Siloam Tunnel
An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.
Uribante, Venezuela
The Drowned Church of Potosi
A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Weeki Wachee: ‘City of Live Mermaids’
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Andros I, Bahamas
Subsurface Bahamian Caves
Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.
Key Largo, Florida
Underwater Hotel in Key Largo
Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.
Godalming, England
Witley Wonder Underwater Ballroom
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Underwater Music Festival
For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.
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8 Spooky New York Places That Should Be in the New Ghostbusters Movie
There's something strange in these neighborhoods.
Clinton, Massachusetts
Clinton Tunnel
This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.
Bryson City, North Carolina
The Road to Nowhere
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Arlington, Virginia
Deep Throat Parking Garage
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."
Houston, Texas
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
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