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Previously owned by the Whitin Machine Works, Purgatory Chasm was declared a state park in 1919. [1] The reservation is notable for its .25-mile-long (400 m), 70-foot-deep (21 m) chasm in granite bedrock with abrupt precipices and caves.
Kings is an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois, United States, and is located northwest of Rochelle. [3] Large grain elevator in Kings.
It features Illinois Caverns which is alternatively known as Mammoth Cave of Illinois (also Burksville Cave, Egyptian Cave, Eckert Cave). Illinois Caverns is the second-largest cave in Illinois and has more than 9.6 km of passages. [1] The cave has a constant temperature of 58 °F (14 °C), and portions flood during wet weather.
King's Cave (Scottish Gaelic: Uamh an Rìgh) is the largest of a series of seafront caves north of Blackwaterfoot on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. [1] The caves were formed around 10,000 to 6,000 years ago during an ice age when the weight of an advancing glacier forced the land downward, so the sea was higher relative to the location of the cave, with high tide around 4 metres (13 ft) up ...
Burrows Cave is the name given to an alleged cave site in Southern Illinois reputedly discovered by Russell E. Burrows in 1982 which he claimed contained many ancient artifacts. Because the many inconsistencies and lack of evidence for his claims of discovery and findings, the cave, which has never been located, is considered a hoax by ...
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Lake Zurich is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census , the population was 19,759. [ 2 ] The village is named after a body of water named "Lake Zurich," which is completely located inside the village.
Meet the 34-year-old engineer who quit his day job to transform a cave into a vacation rental—now it’s booked out a year in advance, raking in over $700,000 a year Emma Burleigh Updated ...