5. Seattle Underground Tour Reveals Abandoned City
Location: Washington’s Seattle
Date of discovery: 1889; estimated value (cost of city damage): $8 million*
It’s highly recommended that you take the Seattle Underground tour if you ever find yourself in Seattle, Washington. There is a network of underground passageways, corridors, basements, and other spaces in the network of tunnels that runs beneath Seattle. You may view the remnants of buildings that were formerly homes, hotels, and stores beneath Seattle.
Discover an abandoned city with the Seattle Underground Tour (@capturetheatlas/Pinterest).
All of these ground-level wooden structures were constructed in the middle of the 1800s, and in 1889, a woodworker’s accident at the stove caused a fire that destroyed them all. Over 25 blocks were burned, and $8 million worth of damage was caused by the Great Seattle Fire. The streets were raised twenty-two feet during the restoration, burying but not forgetting the old city.
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