National Corvette Museum is expanding! Construction is underway on a new facility to house the museum's growing collection of Corvettes and other historic items. | Laura Rogers

In February 2014, a massive sinkhole—approximately 40 feet wide, 60 feet long, and at least 35 feet deep—suddenly opened beneath the Skydome at the National Corvette Museum. The collapse was triggered by the failure of a bedrock roof over a prehistoric cave, causing the museum floor to give way and engulf eight rare Corvette models. The underlying terrain, known for its unstable karst formations, presented major challenges for the construction and recovery teams. To address the issue, Keller eng