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Subterranean Sites

Musée des Egouts (Paris Museum of Sewers)

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Ulugh Beg Observatory

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

Cheng Po Cave

Cheung Po Tsai Pirate Cave

Venture into the hideout of one of Hong Kong's legendary pirates.

Entrance No. 2

Željava, Croatia

Zeljava Airbase

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

Vienna, Austria

Stephansdom Crypt

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Inside the bordello.

Havre Beneath the Streets

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.

Ottawa, Ontario

The Diefenbunker

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

The cisterns, like this one at Sanchez St and Duboce Ave, are marked a circle of red bricks in the street.

San Francisco, California

1908 Cistern Circles

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Permanently Closed

Giant Crystals of Naica

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

Groton, Connecticut

Gungywamp

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

Green Valley, Arizona

Titan Missile Museum

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

'Roman Well'

Belgrade, Serbia

'Roman Well' of the Belgrade Fortress

A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

Liverpool, England

Williamson Tunnels

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.

Mesopotamos, Greece

Necromanteion of Ephyra

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

The Mithraeum at Circus Maximus

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

CGI rendering of common area

Barstow, California

Vivos Underground Shelter Network for 4,000 Survivors

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

Airdrie, Scotland

Scotland's Secret Bunker

A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.