Life inside a single building and deep underground
The strange towns split by international borders
Cities built for the departed and the spiritual
Cities with the world's most extreme rules
schopenhauer Begich Towers contains almost the entire community of Whittier, Alaska.
Which country is home to Setenil de las Bodegas, the town famous for its cliff-dwelling architecture?
How do residents of Whittier, Alaska, reach their local school during harsh winter blizzards?

schopenhauer Arrange these unique spaces to discover how communities thrive inside one building or deep underground.

schopenhauer Residents of Coober Pedy, Australia, live in underground dugout homes to escape scorching summer temperatures that routinely surpass 113 degrees Fahrenheit.
In Coober Pedy, what valuable mineral is mined, which originally brought settlers to the area in 1915?
schopenhauer Whittier, Alaska
We take the elevator down to get our bread and walk through tunnels while the winter snow is spread
schopenhauer Overhanging cliffs shelter the Andalusian town of Setenil de las Bodegas.

schopenhauer This Spanish town features homes and streets built directly beneath massive overhanging basalt cliffs, using the natural rock as roofs and walls.
In which Spanish town do people live directly under giant, overhanging river cliffs?
Why did the residents of Coober Pedy, Australia, choose to build their town underground?
Coober Pedy golf: The town of Coober Pedy, Australia, has a grassless, sand-and-oil golf course where players carry a small piece of turf to tee off and play mostly at night with glowing balls.
What proportion of Whittier, Alaska's residents live inside the 14-story Begich Towers?
A shelter that is dug into the ground or excavated from a hillside. In Coober Pedy, Australia, residents live in these dugouts to escape the extreme desert heat.
