Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Location Type
Other
Activity Level
(4/5)
Coordinates
37.184169, -86.122991
Description
Around 4,000 years ago, it is believed that prehistoric Native Americans mined these cave walls for its minerals and buried their dead inside the cave. In the 1800s, Dr. Frank Gorin (or, some reports say, Dr. John Croghan) established a colony for tuberculosis patients in the cave, believing the...