Luray Caverns (Luray, Virginia)—August 5, 2026

Beneath Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Luray Caverns is a cathedral built one drop at a time. Mineral-rich water has sculpted its immense chambers into forests of stalactites, stalagmites, columns, and flowing stone. At Luray, a stalactite grows approximately one inch every 120 years. Its largest stalactite is approximately 70,000 years old and predates the asteroid that brought about the demise of the dinosaurs.

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