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Underground Wonders of the World
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10-16-2007 10:31 PM
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><A title="Kapadokya Cave Dwellings" href="http://www.hotelle.net/features.asp" linkindex="64" set="yes">Kapadokya, Turkey</A> is home to hundreds of linked rooms that, together, form an ancient system of underground cities over 2,500 years old.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/BA5D2463-F604-4630-8E7F-2A631675F763" alt="Poland 1" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/9D701E1D-E9A2-49D6-A865-34C0F1536A0D" alt="Turkey" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><A title="Hobbit Living" href="http://www.wtfsrsly.com/hobbits.php" linkindex="65" set="yes">Pembrokeshire, Wales</A> is home to a family with a house straight out of The Hobbit. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/4BAE78B9-B049-44C4-8E03-EDA76991F3E8" alt="Hobbit House 1" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/80322AE1-D02D-4EFB-83F5-CA7600288288" alt="Hobbit House 2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><A title="The Vaults of Edinburgh" href="http://www.historic-uk.com/DestinationsUK/EdinburghVaults.htm" linkindex="66" set="yes">Edinburgh, Scotland</A> has a long and strange history, though perhaps the oddest story of all is the tale of a bridge that was buried underground. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/6FE255BF-B3F6-4E08-9409-0E03692BDDF9" alt="Edinburg 2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><A title="Seven Riddles of Tokyo" href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/tokyo-secret-city.html" linkindex="67" set="yes">Tokyo, Japan</A> is at the heart of a strange and gripping mystery involving seven riddles and a supposed secret underground city. It all began when Japanese researcher Shun Akiba found an old map of the Tokyo tunnel system that didn’t match current maps. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/F520C536-1A87-4E30-9E55-048DB46438F7" alt="Tokyo 1" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/244634E4-2304-4E52-A60D-3319C6AD1C2B" alt="Tokyo 2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/323F497A-C188-4D19-A6AE-0A557E285FE9" alt="Tokyo 3" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><A title="Seattle Underground" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Underground" linkindex="68">Seattle, Washington</A>’s Pioneer Square district has a very peculiar historical quirk: a century ago, they raised the streets by an entire floor. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/56B423B3-63C8-4E0D-A727-398BB682A985" alt="Seattle 3" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/416477E1-2EBA-4E7C-8BD9-4F9BEC739E69" alt="Seattle 1" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/BECB4EA6-AA86-426E-83F0-BB9EB0437F7C" alt="Seattle 2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><A title="Wieliczka Salt Mine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieliczka_Salt_Mine" linkindex="69" set="yes">Wieliczka, Poland</A> sits atop one of the world’s oldest salt mines, in continuous operation for over 800 years until just this year.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/167735BA-B4CB-4B13-8879-9803D3DD3F60" alt="Poland 2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/95EDE43D-FD0D-47B2-A71C-1EF2CC89D5C8" alt="Poland 4" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/37FE422C-2601-49B1-8233-E908EC372ED8" alt="Poland 3" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><A title="Masoleum of Qinshihuang" href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200212/17/eng20021217_108627.shtml" linkindex="70" set="yes"><SPAN class="mstext">Xi’an, </SPAN>China</A> is now famous for featuring the Mausoleum of Qinshihuang</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-more-underground-wonders-of-the-world-lost-caverns-and-cities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/6697DEB8-53B0-4706-A47A-F8DD26102C02" alt="China" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/056F639D-272B-494C-B36E-F59825CEA78D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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