Missouri’s Secret Underground City Will Blow Your Mind

Buildings, roads, businesses, and homes cover most of this massive Missouri city, but it’s what’s underneath that might leave you asking questions.

What Is SubTropolis?

Home to the Kansas City Chiefs, Royals, soccer clubs, and thousands of businesses and homes, Kansas City is one of the largest cities in the Midwest—and one of my favorite places to visit. However, I had no idea that beneath the city lies 55 million square feet of underground tunnels known as SubTropolis.

These tunnels sit 160 feet below the bustling city and contain about 10.5 miles of roads and railroad tracks.

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The History Behind SubTropolis

SubTropolis is the world’s largest underground business complex, built beneath Kansas City in the 1960s out of limestone. It’s a climate-controlled environment, not typically open to the public, but occasionally, there are tours and events that give visitors a rare look inside this underground world.

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Is SubTropolis Open to Visitors?

SubTropolis was created as a storage facility, much like the caves here in Quincy are used. I’ve visited Kansas City so many times and knew it was called the “City of Fountains,” but I had no idea there was a massive secret tunnel system beneath the city that’s just as busy as the world above.