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31 days of halloween

The Corpse of a Cave Explorer That Became a Tourist Attraction

Allison Meier October 12, 2013

Hoboken, New Jersey

Sybil's Cave

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

Dead Man's Hole

Marble Falls Township, Texas

Dead Man's Hole

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

Stumphouse Tunnel

Walhalla, South Carolina

Stumphouse Tunnel

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

Permanently Closed

Tourists to Floyd Collins' coffin in Crystal Cave

Cave City, Kentucky

Floyd Collins Museum

A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.

Gcwihaba Caverns

Gcwihaba Caverns

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

Mogale, South Africa

Cradle of Humankind

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Syracuse, Italy

Ear of Dionysius

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Obscura field agents enjoy their cave drinking

Nevada City, California

Old Stonehouse Brewery

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Coulee City, Washington

Blue Lake Rhino Cave

Cave interior is in the shape of the ancient Rhinoceros created by lava cooling around its carcass.

Peach Springs, Arizona

Grand Canyon Caverns Underground Suite

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Tambon Tha Kradan, Thailand

Erawan Cascading Waterfalls and Caves

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Yakutat, Alaska

Guyot Glacier Ice Caves

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

The 272 steps to the main cave, guarded by Murugan

Batu Caves, Malaysia

Batu Caves

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

The entrance to Köw Ata underground lake in Turkmenistan.

Gokdepe, Turkmenistan

Köw Ata Underground Lake

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

Jardín, Colombia

Cave of Splendor

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

Udabno, Georgia

Davit Gareja Cave Monastery

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

Town on Cape Matapan

Laconia, Greece

Cape Matapan Caves

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.