Secret Tunnels Under City Part 2- Finding The Backrooms

Pro tip: Don't open random bottles of chemicals that you find and then start lighting sparks in the same room.

I worked in tunnels just like these for year at a military base. It's crazy to think how much concrete was used to build these tunnels not to mention the thickness of these walls.

Ive been living in an abandoned area of a large government building for 7 months. Even managed to turn on the power and made a hidden pull cord to unlock and open the door to my area. I have a full on sewing shop and computer studio in here, a full kitchen and living area. 2 months ago I found the room for the water pump and breaker panel for the water heater and was able to get the washrooms working and a shower assembled with drainage. 90GB cell plan and I pretty much figured out free rent/electricity. SO far caught by security 4 times but never when I was already in my spot, and they didnt seem to care as I'm not a junky and thought I was just exploring. Really makes me wonder what other epic areas people have found and made their own.

I’m late to this video, but I believe this is an old psychiatric medical campus that were prolific 50+ years ago. That would explain the boilers, steam pipe tunnels, “violent offenders” jail, dormitory type rooms, and relatively low security. Back in the day, this is where they would send the people that couldn’t assimilate into society. There were hundreds of these facilities back in the day. Young people have no idea this was the norm up until they began shutting them down in the 1970’s.

Having done inspections in facilities like this when they're still in tact, always think twice about sitting in wheel chairs. 100% chance they have been defecated in.

blows my mind that facilities like the ones they explored are just abandoned one day. They didn't even bother to sell or remove most items. It really makes me realize that if things went south tomorrow everything is going to be like this place in the blink of an eye. Also reminds me that even the most sophisticated equipment isn't worth anything if there isn't a use or anyone knowledgeable to use it around anymore. Couldn't help but be a little sad seeing all that amazing laboratory equipment/supplies just rotting in that plant... (Also scared the shit out of me when they started messing with that igniter... they could have easily started a fire (or worse) if any volatile chemicals or gases had been leaking from any of those supplies. Those sparks are thousands of degrees from that igniter and if they land on anything soaked in fuel or if any flammable gas is around they will ignite it) For sure someone could have made good use out of all that equipment. There was some very expensive equipment in that manufacturing plant just slowly turning back into dust...

This is something very American that I never heard of here in Germany: A whole factory, just abandoned with all the stuff still inside, even with a working power connection. Crazy!

This is the most backrooms thing ive ever seen. Just fresh clothes surrounded by what looks like a giant room with windows in the walls and lights way up in the ceiling.

We have tunnels under the University of Texas here in Austin, but all the well-known exits have been blocked off for years now. There is an old collection of photos from the tunnels, and they seem extensive, and beautiful. One day I might work up the courage, or I’ll find out about another entrance.

7:55 this one, this one is the place that has the most Backrooms vibes. It's not just an empty abandoned place, but the way it was built gives you the feeling that this is out of place.

It’s was crazy to see the building. I’m in the Army it’s so easy to recognize abandoned gov facilities. The Army here in the States certainly has a “just build a new one” attitude

That little bottle was full of mercury. Don't go just opening up random shit in a laboratory, guys.

Timestamps For the Locations: 0:00 Pipe Dreams 3:32 Boiler room 4:05 Flooded Basement 7:15 Abandoned Hospital 8:02 Liminal Hotel 8:35 Dark Hallway 10:43 Hotel Window 11:38 Library Edit: Thanks for those likes

We need an update on that white room on part one. There was something disturbing about being that clean and that intact. Definitely something going on

Would love to know more about the history of the buildings and what they were used for.

That large room at 7:55 is the common area, or "rec room" where the insane/incarcerated people can wonder or roll around like zombies. Notice the segmentation (tall walls). That is to separate the "patients". (perhaps higher risk/lower risk or male/female) All the windows on all floors surrounding it on all sides are hallways with rooms (cells really) opposite the indoor windows. The different floors likely housed "patients" of different medical needs/temperaments/sex. There is probably a floor dedicated to medical care. The reinforcements on the interior facing windows speaks volumes. This facility could likely "house" hundreds of "patients". The room with the flasks and mercury is very curious. I, as well as other people in the comments would have loved a more thorough examination of the rooms/paperwork/books etc. However I can believe I can confidently say this particular facility is meant for long-term/permanent care of insane people, perhaps not criminally, and perhaps including experimentation.

This looks like it could be a level of the backrooms. Especially when he shone a light down that dark corridor at 8:42 gives you the feeling as if the building extends indefinitely. Great video!

Fell down a rabbit hole trying to find when that bottle of Double Cola at 2:48 may be from. It looks like Double Cola came in that style of bottle in the 1950s, meaning that bottle may have been sitting there for 70 years or so. Which likely dates those tunnels and adjacent buildings to that era or before. I could certainly be mistaken, but that's what my brief foray into the world of vintage soda bottles revealed. Oh, and that bottle is worth about $20 on eBay.  Edit: Dr. Pepper can at 5:19 is probably 1965-1975 and worth about $10. I tried to find a date for something in the vending machine at 11:25 but didn't manage to get anything. If anyone has more success, let me know.

Possibly exposing the room to combustable fumes/ maybe coming across a room thats already flooded with them + picking up the think that makes giant sparks = a possible big surprise for everyone

That really blows my mind you can get into all those buildings from tunnels under the city