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averyregen

I'm currently a journalism student at USC, but I was born and raised in New York. I lived on a boat for a little while and now I live in L.A.

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Namakdan Salt Cave

One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.

Nigardsbreen Ice Cave

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Fredericksburg, Texas

Old Tunnel Bat Colony

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Clinton

Added by Clinton

Penteli, Greece

Davelis Cave on Pendeli Mountain

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

PaigeSeven

Added by PaigeSeven

García, Mexico

Grutas de García

Inside this mountain lies several kilometers of breathtaking caves.

Clinton

Added by Clinton

Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, France

Société des Caves de Roquefort

The world's most famous cheese caves.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia

Hotel Sidi Driss

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Komiža, Croatia

Blue Cave of Bisevo

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

michelle

Added by michelle

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Fresno, California

Forestiere Underground Gardens

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Borgo Grotta Gigante, Italy

Grotta Gigante

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

Postojna, Slovenia

Postojna Caves

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

Lunarsynthesis

Added by Lunarsynthesis

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Wabasha Street Caves

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Sintra, Portugal

Quinta da Regaleira

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Added by geokate

Salt Men of Iran

Salt cured mummies continue to turn up in this Iranian mine.

Dylan

Waitomo, New Zealand

Waitomo Glowworm Caves

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

michelle

Added by michelle

Remouchamps, Belgium

Caves of Remouchamps

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

michelle

Added by michelle

Neptune's Grotto

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

michelle

Added by michelle

Samos Prefecture, Greece

Pythagoras Cave

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

anhie

Hope, British Columbia

Sasquatch Caves

A hiking area billed as a possible home to Bigfoot.

canuck

Added by canuck

Put-in-Bay, Ohio

Crystal Cave

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Added by jdsmith70

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Mammoth Cave

The world's longest known cave system.

Added by urk1971

Ellora Caves

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

capvt

Royston, England

Royston Cave

Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.