The Lost Tunnels of Wieliczka Salt Mine | 180 Miles Forgotten
Beneath the quiet town of Wieliczka, Poland, lies the extraordinary Wieliczka Salt Mine, stretching over 180 miles. This remarkable underground site features chapels carved entirely from salt, a vast ...
29 Touko 24min
Why California’s Most Famous Mansion is Totally Forbidden
Hidden behind an iron fence in Eureka, California, the Carson Mansion is a Victorian house built between 1884 and 1886 by lumber baron William Carson. Known as the second most photographed private res...
28 Touko 15min
Why Chicago's Lighthouse is Totally Forgotten
A quarter mile east of Navy Pier, the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse has been guiding ships into one of the busiest ports on the Great Lakes since 1893. It features a gold-medal Le Paute lens from Paris an...
27 Touko 24min
Why San Francisco was built on Hundreds of Shipwrecks
In the wake of the California Gold Rush in 1848, San Francisco faced an influx of vessels, many of which were abandoned by their crews. With no one to sail them home, these ships were left to deterior...
26 Touko 14min
Why America Abandoned Arecibo Telescope
For 57 years, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was the most powerful radio telescope ever built. It was instrumental in discovering the first planets outside our solar system, providing indirect...
22 Touko 15min
Why Chicago's Route 66 is Totally Forbidden | Joliet Road
Just outside Chicago, a mile-long stretch of historic Route 66 is barricaded and crumbling above two massive quarry pits. Once called Joliet Road, this corridor carried twenty thousand drivers a day t...
21 Touko 12min
Why California Built Fake Islands to Hide an Oil Field
Off the coast of Long Beach, California, the THUMS Islands serve as both resort-like structures and active oil extraction facilities on artificial land. This video explores their design, which serves ...
20 Touko 16min
