Heuvelland, Belgium
Kemmel's Top Secret Command Bunker
A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.
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Heuvelland, Belgium
A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.
Laußig, Germany
This East German military command bunker was ready for World War III.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.
Željava, Croatia
Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.
Barstow, California
Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.
Kunming, China
270 million year-old forest of stone.
Kansas City, Missouri
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
Kenya
A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.
Chislehurst, England
Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.
Corsham, England
Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.
Kristiansand, Norway
The last fully functional fortress of Germany's World War II Atlantikwall.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Alxa, China
The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.
Portland, Oregon
Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
Murmansk, Russia
The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.
Harpenden, England
Chemical fertilizer in agriculture's origin story begins here.
Royston, England
Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.
Baalbek, Lebanon
The largest hewn stone in history.
Phoenix, Arizona
A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Bedford, Indiana
One-layer pyramid in Indiana.
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany
Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.