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Underground Week

"View from Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn", 1881, by Rudolph Cronau

The Manhattan Burial Crisis of 1822 Makes Every Cemetery Today Seem Amazing

Casey Hedstrom October 22, 2015

A small slice of Pando looks over Utah.

How A Fungus And A Tree Translated Underground Hugeness To Mainstream Success

Cara Giaimo October 21, 2015

The Teen Girls Who Talked to the Dead

Matthew Blitz October 21, 2015

Why Irish Dirt Is Worth Millions of Dollars

Tao Tao Holmes October 21, 2015

An Illustrated Guide to the Beautifully Insane Theories of What's Buried Under World Monuments

Roxanne Palmer October 21, 2015

science fiction

Is the Earth Actually Hollow?

Once a serious scientific theory, the idea now attracts the conspiracy-minded with tales of giants living within the planet.

Eric Grundhauser June 22, 2022

Living Underground: A Surprisingly Bright Idea

Sarah Laskow October 21, 2015

ACT/SynBio Ululupuene project coordinator João Carlos Nunes Batista shows Ululupuene villagers how you can access the internet. - See more at: http://www.amazonteam.org/amazon-connected-waura-ulupuene-have-access-internet#sthash.u3fqiw3C.dpuf

underground week

Amazon Tribes Want to Remain Isolated–So They're Getting the Internet

Damaris Colhoun October 20, 2015

Crystal Palace Park dinosaur.

How New Yorkers Became Convinced That Dinosaur Bones Were Buried in Central Park

Bess Lovejoy October 20, 2015

A Chinese tomb guardian.

Fleeting Wonders: Police Thwart A Chinese Ghost Wedding

Cara Giaimo October 20, 2015

The Berjaya Times Square mall in Kuala Lumpur, where Borders is still going strong.

Why There are Still Borders Bookstores in Malaysia, Or The Strange Case of the Zombie Chain

Nathalie Lagerfeld October 20, 2015

Mezcal bottles at a factory in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca.

How a Fake Priest Smuggled Mezcal Out of Mexico

Ben Horan October 20, 2015

Object of Intrigue: Postcard from a Cuban Boneyard

Ella Morton October 20, 2015

A 16th Century Pope Buried His Pet Elephant Under the Vatican

Sarah Laskow October 20, 2015

Here's the Deal: Dirt is Amazing

Eric Grundhauser October 20, 2015

The 50-Foot Long Map of Manhattan Only On View for 6 Hours

Marguerite Holloway October 19, 2015

A tank of disco jellies at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

How Jellyfish Exhibits Became Underwater Dance Clubs

Cara Giaimo October 19, 2015

conspiracy theories

How Denver Airport Became the International Hub of Conspiracy Theories

Abbie Mood October 19, 2015