These stairwells around Dupont Circle don't lead to the Metro, so where do they go? (Source: Hunter Spears)

These stairwells around Dupont Circle don't lead to the Metro, so where do they go? (Source: Hunter Spears)

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The Sordid Story of Dupont Circle's Underground Tunnels

Washington DC
 by
Hunter Spears

There's something below Dupont Circle, and it's not the Red Line! Tunnels were built for trolley cars in the 1940s, but they were abandoned shortly after. In the decades since, the tunnels have had quite a few interesting uses. What lays beneath the streets of one of the Districts' best known roundabouts?

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