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** Several have been discovered by modern technology, but left unopened. Some most likely played part in the construction process, while others may have religious significance, or burial chambers. They are largely unconnected to each other, and isolated from the main tunnels by tons of stone, making potential excavation tricky business.
* The Gunkanjima Island in Japan. It tops on a coal mine; the area of the island is 15 acres, and its built-up area is 16 acres - meaning that ''the whole island is one continuous humongous maze of buildings'' - extending at some places over the sea.
* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105000746/http://www.cracked.com/article/181_the-6-creepiest-places-earth/ Winchester Mystery House] (scroll down to #4). A house in San Jose, with 160 rooms, built like a maze to confuse ghosts - with stairways disappearing into the ceiling, doors opening into walls, and lots of 13's strewn about the place.
* The British houses of parliament have more corridors in meters than the White House has floor space in square meters.
* The British Prime Minister's office at Number 10, Downing Street also applies to this trope, since the apparently relatively modest-sized upper-class house has been expanded to all the neighbouring buildings while retaining their original fronts intact.
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