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Go Underground in Fresno
5021 W Shaw AveFresno, CA 93722-5026 Phone: (559) 271-0734About
Descend into a magical subterranean landscape, a National Historic Landmark. Using only hand tools and his imagination, Sicilian immigrant Baldassare Forestiere spent 40 years creating the extraordinary subterranean maze known as Forestiere Underground Gardens . His cool retreat consisted of a network of underground rooms, grottos, an 800-foot-long auto tunnel, and even a garden home with a parlor, summer and winter bedrooms, and a courtyard complete with fish pond. The complex also features unique trees, shrubs, and vines all growing underground--some plants are almost 100 years old. Walking beneath handcarved arches and stonework patterned after the catacombs of Ancient Rome, it's easy to see why this underground wonder is on the National Register of Historic Places and is listed as a California Historic Landmark.
