Showing posts with the label Caves

A Mysterious Ice Cave That Produces Ice Only During Summer

Sep 19, 2016

About four miles east of Coudersport, in the town of Sweden, in Potter County, Pennsylvania, lies the most puzzling geological anomaly. It’s...

15,000-Year-Old Bison Sculptures at Tuc D'Audoubert Cave

Sep 1, 2016

“Oh my God”, I exclaimed. What a moment. What an impact. I could not believe my eyes. The Bison are incredibly beautiful, incredibly powerfu...

Ochtinská Aragonite Cave

Jul 30, 2016

The Ochtinská Aragonite Cave, in southern Slovakia, is one of the few caves in the world where aragonite crystals are found. There is one in...

Caves of Nottingham

Jul 2, 2016

The city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England, is spread over a soft sandstone ridge which forms low hills to the north of the River Tr...

Sassi di Matera: The Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cave City

Apr 13, 2016

In the Basilicata region, in Southern Italy, is an ancient city named Matera known for its cave houses called “sassi”. The sassi are carved ...

Actun Tunichil Muknal: The Cave of The Crystal Maiden

Apr 12, 2016

The Maya believed that caves, especially those that extend for several kilometers underground, are entries to the underworld or Xibalba, the...

The Mysterious Shell Grotto in Margate

Mar 18, 2016

In the old seaside town of Margate, in the English county of Kent, not too far from the town’s harbor, is a mysterious underground cavern wi...

The Mysterious Caves of Mustang, Nepal

Mar 7, 2016

The Kingdom of Mustang, bordering the Tibetan plateau, is one of the most remote and isolated region of Nepalese Himalaya. Once an independe...

The Cheese Caves of Roquefort

Feb 29, 2016

The pungent odor and tangy taste of the Roquefort cheese, with its distinctive spots and veins of blue-green mold throughout, is not for eve...

Gomantong Caves: The Caves of Horrors

Feb 6, 2016

Deep in the steamy jungles of Borneo, in Malaysia, is a massive crack in the limestone outcrop that leads to an intricate system of caves. E...

The Great Stalacpipe Organ Creates Music From Cave Stalactites

Dec 21, 2015

The world’s strangest musical instrument is located in one of the most unlikely places in the world — deep underground, inside Virginia'...

The Booming Ice Chasm of The Canadian Rockies

Dec 15, 2015

Booming Ice Chasm is a stunning ice cave in the Crowsnest Pass area of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta. The cave is so called for it's i...

Hole N' The Rock, Utah

Dec 15, 2015

Some dads build their kids tree houses, but in the treeless desert of southeastern Utah, Albert Christensen’s only possible alternative was ...

Tham Khoun Xe Cave

Jul 8, 2015

Tham Khoun Xe Cave, also known as Xe Bang Fai River Cave, is an immense river cave located in a remote corner of Khammouane Province in cent...

Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman

May 11, 2015

The Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman, in the state of Alabama, the United States, is home to a unique collection of miniature replicas of some of...

Aerial View of Hang Son Doong: The world's largest cave

Mar 14, 2015

Hang Son Doong is a cave in Vietnam, located near the Laos–Vietnam border, that is currently the biggest known cave in the world. Inside is ...

The Cave Pearls of Gruta de las Canicas

Feb 16, 2015

Cave pearls are small, spherical calcite formations the size of marbles that are formed by the concentric deposition of calcium salts around...

Eski Kerman, An Ancient Cave City in Crimea

Jan 24, 2015

Eski Kermen is a medieval town located just 6 km from Mangupa, in the Bakhchisaray region in Crimea. The town is located atop one of the fla...

Longmen Grottoes, China

Dec 17, 2014

Longmen Grottoes are a series of Buddhist cave temples carved into the rock on the banks of the Yi River, south of the city of Luoyang, in H...

Kungur Ice Cave

Nov 18, 2014

Kungur Ice Cave is a karst cave located in the Urals, near the town Kungur in Perm Krai, Russia, on the banks of the Sylva River. With a len...