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Ruby Falls Cave, Tennessee
While trying to drill an elevator shaft to reopen a different cave called Lookout Mountain Cave in 1928, a cave enthusiast named Leo Lambert accidentally broke through into a hidden cavern that contained an amazing 145-foot underground waterfall.
Leo was so excited about finding this incredible waterfall that he named it “Ruby Falls” after his wife Ruby, and it quickly became a super popular tourist spot that people still visit today. Now it’s lit up like nature’s light show, minus the cheesy tourist trap vibes.
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It Dates Back to the Paleozoic era
This cave started forming when the area was underwater during the Paleozoic era more than 200 million years ago. Rainwater slowly ate away at the limestone over time, turning tiny cracks into the big cave we see today…