One man in Scotland is apparently building an underground bunker
tourism empire. James Mitchell, who runs "Scotland's Secret
Bunker," is planning to open another Cold War relic as a museum,
according to the Scotsman. This one in Edinburgh, known as the
Barnton Quarry Nuclear Bunker, was constructed in 1952 as a safe
place to maintain power for the British government, with three
stories of rooms to house the royal family, military and
government officials, and even staff from the BBC. Barnton
Quarry hasn't been used since 1914, and before the bunker was
built 100 feet below the earth there was an RAF fighter control
center built on the land during WWII (it's still there, covered
in graffiti). The bunker was completely a secret until 1963,
when a group called Spies for Peace released the information to
the public. While it's long been popular for urban exploration
(check out Secret Scotland for some great information), fires in
1991 and 1993 blamed on illegal raves caused it to be filled
with asbestos. When the