Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet

“[A] winningly obsessive history of our relationship with underground places” (The Guardian),*from sacred caves and derelict subway stations to nuclear bunkers and ancient underground cities-an exploration of the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the worlds beneath our feet

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR

When Will Hunt was sixteen years old, he discovered an abandoned tunnel that ran beneath his house in Providence, Rhode Island. His first tunnel trips inspired...