Visitors sometimes report hearing bagpipes when exploring the tunnels.
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Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
The Tunnels story is that Chinese immigrants built a network of tunnels under the city because they were forced to live underground; the tunnels were then used by gangsters and bootleggers, including Al Capone.
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