Welcome to Coober Pedy, the town that lives underground. Originally a mining town, many of the residents of Australia's Coober Pedy live in dugouts to escape the heat. During the town's summer months, ...

Andrew Brockhoff and his partner, Sandy Williams, have renovated several Coober Pedy dugouts and Mr Brockhoff said there was strong demand for good underground homes in the desert opal-mining town.

In Coober Pedy, located on the Stuart Highway in Southern Australia, almost all of the 2,000 residents live underground. Thanks to extremely hot temperatures that typically go over 104 degrees ...

Scattered around town are do-it-yourself mining operations, abandoned film props and a cafe that serves both waffles and opals. Pyramid-like mounds, a byproduct of opal mining, litter the landscape ...

It's freezing cold, scorching hot and a source of Australia's opals. Here's what life's like when you have to jury-rig even the most basic tech to survive. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist ...

Coober Pedy is one of the least accessible towns in Australia – the place where the old American West meets Mars – which is probably why it gained a reputation as the place where outlaws went to hide.

A young family of four move from Copenhagen to the remote mining town of Coober Pedy in the Australian Outback, where daytime temperatures can reach 116 degrees and much of the population resides ...

Faced with unberable heat, the citizens of Coober Pedy in South Australia decided to escape by making a dramatic move ... underground. Founded in 1915, this desert town is home to miles of hidden ...