The Sea Lion Caves along the Pacific coast in Oregon are a connected system of caverns where Stellar sea lions (also known as the northern sea lion) gather every spring and summer to breed and... »

Watery Wonders, Curious Caves | Edited by canuck and Nicholas Jackson

In 1965, this cave was used for storage by soldiers of the Organization of American States (OAS), an international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., that counts all independent... »

Curious Caves, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars, Subterranean Sites | Edited by bebeto and Nicholas Jackson

Queen Victoria, Matthew Barney, Jules Verne, and Pink Floyd are not names you usually hear in the same sentence, but then the place that they all share in common is not particularly usual. Known... »

Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Curious Caves | Edited by Dylan and Nicholas Jackson

Tucked away in the remote northwest corner of Iran is a village where residents live as modern-day cave dwellers. Current residents of Kandovan, a tourist village in the province of East... »

Geological Oddities, Curious Caves, Lost Tribes, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

During Thaipusam, an annual celebration of the triumph of good over evil, hundreds of thousands of spiritual pilgrims climb the 272 stairs into the Batu Caves carrying kavadis, symbolic burdens... »

Curious Caves, Strange Statues, Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta, dcyc82 and others

A couple of myths compete for how Lester Howe discovered the caves under his farm: Some say that his cows always pastured in the same part of the field. Howe, an astute farmer, noticed that... »

Curious Caves, Subterranean Sites | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Annetta and 2 others

Often cited among the great wonders of the natural world, particularly by early visitors to the US, Virginia's Natural Bridge is an enormous natural limestone arch. Carved by Cedar Creek over... »

Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities, Curious Caves, Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Cultures and Civilizations , Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta and meelar

Discovered in 1926, the 800 meters of Cuevas de las Maravillas cave system are decorated with hundreds of Taino Indian cave paintings. The Taino people are the indigenous residents of Greater... »

Curious Caves, Repositories of Knowledge, Subterranean Sites | Edited by bebeto and Annetta

Tunnel Beach is a locality 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) southwest of the city centre of Dunedin, New Zealand. Beyond the beauty of the rugged sandstone cliffs, its claim to fame is the tunnel down to... »

Curious Caves, Subterranean Sites | Edited by hippy74 and canuck

Cheng Po Tsai was just the son of a local fisherman when he was kidnapped by the notorious pirate couple Cheng I and Ching Shih, and adopted into a life of crime. According to legend, when Cheng I... »

Curious Caves, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Annetta