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San Jose, California

Sonic Runway

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.
Tamniah, Saudi Arabia

Al Yanfa

A network of tunnels runs underneath the buildings of this ancient village.
Doai Station platform
Minakami, Japan

Doai Train Station

Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?
The entrance to the Upton Chamber
caves

Saving the Sacred Upton Stone Chamber

This ceremonial stone chamber dates back to before the colonies—and its owner tried to build a cell tower over it.
The Podcast Team October 4, 2025
Though the <em>arêtes de poisson</em>, or “fishbones,” tunnels were discovered in 1959, research on their origin has been halting and inconclusive.
exploration

Was There Treasure Buried Under Lyon?

Since their discovery more than 60 years ago, the "Fishbones" tunnels beneath the French city have been an enigma.
Anna Richards December 19, 2022
forests

Podcast: Chemin de la Mâture

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team April 5, 2022
Permanently Closed
Stahlstown, Pennsylvania

Laurel Hill Tunnel Racecar Testing

A piece of crumbling highway infrastructure was repurposed as a high-tech facility for testing racecars.
Moab, Utah

Tusher Tunnel

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.
Eysturoyartunnilin's roundabout
Hoyvík, Faroe Islands

Eysturoyartunnilin (Eysturoy Tunnel)

Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.
Cuyperspassage
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Cuyperspassage

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.
Few have ventured into the narrow tunnels of Dai 32 Gunshireibu-go since the Japanese army abandoned the bunker in May 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa.
tunnels

Could an Infamous WWII Bunker Become a Symbol of Peace?

The tunnels under Okinawa's Shuri Castle should be preserved as a reminder of the costs of war, advocates say.
Azby Brown December 9, 2021
Sunny Jim Cave
subterranean

Sunny Jim’s Sea Cave: The Cave Hidden Behind a Boutique

Tucked away behind a coastal boutique and at the end of a long, winding tunnel is a natural sea cave.
The Podcast Team July 31, 2025
Armstrong Tunnel
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Armstrong Tunnel

This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.
From The Inside Looking Out.
Lebanon, Missouri

Bennett Spring Natural Tunnel

Away from the crowds of fishing enthusiasts, take a hike deep into the woods and journey into an eerie darkness.
One of the two entries
Šibenik, Croatia

Sea Tunnel at St. Anthony’s Canal

This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.
Tunnel entrance.
Kennerdell, Pennsylvania

Rockland (Woodhill) Tunnel

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.
Alpine tunnel telegraph station
Gunnison, Colorado

Alpine Tunnel

The first railway tunnel to cross the Continental Divide and, at 11,523 feet, was once the highest railroad tunnel in the world.
Many escape tunnels were dug under the Berlin Wall in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood, including the famous Tunnel 57.
tunnels

Remembering a Daring Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall

Nearly 60 years after he fled East Berlin, Andreas Springer shares a story of risk, freedom, and the deepest tunnel beneath the Cold War's most infamous border.
Jordan Todorov September 29, 2021