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The boats59 views
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DUCK!59 viewsTo get into the main cave, everyone must duck to slide the boat under the entrance stone
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Brief stop for a rest and questions57 viewsMammoth Cave is a dry cave. Being dry allowed it to grow to over 500 miles long. Dry caves look very different from wet caves. There are very few stalagtites and stalagmites. This cave is still growing too. A thick sandstone cap is what keeps it dry. If you have allergies, you won't notice them in here. For a few months quite some time ago, a doctor had huts built of stone in the caverns and used them for patients with tuberculosis (consumption). Unfortunately, it did not help and was abandoned.
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Sand Cave57 viewsFamous cave explorer Floyd Collins died inside here February 13, 1925 and is buried nearby. While exploring alone, he knocked a rock loose that pinned him in a tight passage. While he was found by friends and family the next day alive, there was a cave-in a few days later that cutoff rescuers from him. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Collins for more of the story. I have actually seen the movie inspired by this, Ace in the Hole, with Kirk Douglas.
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Cave ballroom56 viewsThe ballroom was used up through the sixties for many local dances, proms, weddings, etc. It has a stone bar and bandstand. At one point so many people were going there for a drink and to get cool that the other bar owners got a law passed that liquor could not be sold below ground. LOL
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Mammoth Cave New Entrance tour56 viewsThis tour takes you down about 260 feet on scaffolding through very tight spaces with excellent views. No purses or bags of any kind allowed including camera bags. You may take a clear bottle of water.
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Red Hot Mama56 viewsI needed to drop a travel bug off that I had picked up at Lost River Cave since I am going in the wrong direction for it's mission. I found the Almost Out of Bounds geocache near Mammoth Cave National Park with this travel bug in it. It wants to rack up some miles so is going along with me for the ride to Missouri.
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Rock shaped like a pigs head54 views
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Butterfly54 viewsThe butterfly house is a pleasant walk around many butterflies. Look close. There is a black one on the center rock.
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