Walferdange, Luxembourg
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A Roman water tunnel still flows 2,000 years on.
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Walferdange, Luxembourg
A Roman water tunnel still flows 2,000 years on.
Fyllingsdalen, Norway
The longest pedestrian tunnel in the world.
Shimonoseki, Japan
One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Corsham, England
Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.
Scotia, Nebraska
After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.
Luster, Norway
A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.
Jincheng, Taiwan
The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.
England
A prehistoric limestone cave entered through a spectacular natural rock arch.
Fujikawaguchiko, Japan
This narrow cave is revered in Japan as the womb of Mount Fuji.
Shoshone, Idaho
Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.
Vela Luka, Croatia
A cave with a continual human presence from 20,000 BC outside of Vela Luka on the island of Korcula.
Grace, Idaho
A lava tube cooled to form this long tunnel that stays chilly even at the height of summer.
Shoshone, Idaho
This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.
Wallace, Idaho
This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.
Wallace, Idaho
It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.
Strasbourg, France
This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.
Toledo, Spain
This ancient Roman cistern has been the source of many legends throughout the centuries.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An underground venue, buried for 200 years, now open as a unique whisky tasting venue.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Mazatlán, Mexico
While walking down Mazatlan's historic boardwalk, visitors are surprised to find their ocean view interrupted by a gateway to hell.
Frederiksberg, Denmark
A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.