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Hideaways are secret offices located in "ancient nooks" of the United States Capitol building. The United States Senate's hideaways are about 100 [1] secret offices in the U.S. Capitol building used by members of the Senate and by a few senior members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Project Greek Island (previously code-named "Project Casper" [1]) was a United States government continuity program located at the Greenbrier hotel in West Virginia. [2] The facility was decommissioned in 1992 after the program was exposed by The Washington Post.
These 15 clever hidden door ideas lead to secret rooms or storage spaces, adding a little mystery to your home. Check out these designer spaces for inspiration.
Other secret passages have sometimes been added after initial building. Secret tunnels have often been created as escape routes from prisons or prisoner-of-war camps, where they are known as escape tunnels. They typically require a hidden opening or door, and may involve other deceptive construction techniques, such as the creation of a false wall.
The White House to Treasury Building tunnel is a 761-foot (232 m) subterranean structure in Washington, D.C. that connects a sub-basement of the East Wing of the White House to the areaway which surrounds the United States Treasury Building.
The Cotswolds’ network of freshwater lakes is one of the National Landscapes’ best-kept secrets, with 180 bodies of water perfect for swimming, water sports and wildlife watching – there’s ...
The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center saw the first full-scale activation of the facility during the Northeast blackout of 1965. [14] [15]According to a letter to the editor of The Washington Post, after the September 11 attacks, most of the congressional leadership were evacuated to Mount Weather by helicopter.
In Stargate SG-1 and its spin-offs, Cheyenne Mountain houses "Stargate Command", a top-secret unit of the United States Air Force that uses the titular Stargate to explore other planets. [78] In recognition of the series' close relationship with the real-life Air Force, there is now a broom closet in the real Cheyenne Mountain Complex called ...