What’s Hiding in Backyards? Unearthing the Forgotten History of Underground Garbage Cans

My friend Mike called one day saying he’d found something strange in his backyard—maybe even an old underground bomb shelter. Curious, I went over immediately.

What we discovered wasn’t a shelter at all, but a forgotten underground garbage bin. Beneath fallen leaves was a heavy rusted metal hatch stamped “Somerville, Mass.” At first, we weren’t sure continue reading …