prospectors flocked there in droves to make their fortune.

In 1915, European settlers discovered opal in a remote area of the desert furnace of southern Australia — then hordes of prospectors flocked there in droves to make their fortune.

To make life more tolerable in this scorchingly hot region, miners dug an entirely new city below the Earth. To this day, the underground city of Coober Pedy is still inhabited and is a comfortable 74 degrees Fahrenheit at all times. Not only does it house around 3,500 people in its subterranean chambers, which are outfitted with details like bookshelves carved right into the cave walls, but it also features everything from a motel to swimming pools to a graveyard. Learn more about Coober Pedy and other fascinating underground cities around the world.

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