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Franklin, Pennsylvania
St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
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Frank & Nancy’s Marine Corps Museum
44.4595, -88.2140
Luarca, Spain
Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
Mumbai, India
The Old Limestone Arch
18.9688, 72.8039
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Sandy, Utah
Snowbird's Peruvian Tunnel
The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.
Jarrow, England
Tyne Cyclist and Pedestrian Tunnels
Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.
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How Cold War Fears Helped Create Helsinki's Subterranean Paradise
The Finnish capital's city-within-a-city has a church, a hockey rink, and stockpiles of life-saving supplies.
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How a Secret Cold War Project Led to Signs of Ancient Life—and a New Warning About the Future
Researchers found fossils in a forgotten ice core that rewrite Greenland’s icy past.
Zagreb, Croatia
Grič Tunnel
A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.
Springfield, Virginia
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Culvert
This little brick tunnel built by Confederate forces was used to conduct surprise attacks on the railroad.
Alexandria, Virginia
Wilkes Street Tunnel
This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.
Naples, Italy
Stazione Neapolis
A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.
Nynäshamn S, Sweden
The Landsort Artillery Battery
A southern Swedish island is home to the last ERSTA artillery battery, meant to protect the shoreline during the Cold War.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Colinton Tunnel
This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Milton, Wisconsin
Milton House Museum
The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.
Puente Viesgo, Spain
Caves of Monte Castillo
The walls of these four caverns are filled with art that dates back to the earliest human presence in Europe.
Mine, Japan
Akiyoshido Cave
Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.
Hurricane, Utah
Zion–Mount Carmel Tunnel
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Cricova, Moldova
Wine Cellars of Cricova
Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.
Rožanstvo, Serbia
Stopića Cave
Through the colossal entrance to this cave you'll find limestone tubs and an underground waterfall.
Peach Springs, Arizona
Caverns Grotto
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
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