Luray Caverns, previously Luray Cave, is a cave just west of Luray, Virginia, United States, which has drawn many visitors since its discovery in 1878. The cavern system is adorned with speleothems such as columns, mud flows, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and mirrored pools. The caverns host the Great Stalacpipe Organ, a lithophone made from solenoid-fired strikers that tap stalactites of varied sizes to produce tones similar to those of xylophones, tuning forks, or bells.
Stalactites, stalagmites and columns in Luray Caverns
Sign at Wishing Well rock formation describing donations made to Page County charities
The plaque outside Luray Caverns declaring it a Natural Landmark
A formation of stalagmites and stalactites
A show cave—also called tourist cave, public cave, and, in the United States, commercial cave—is a cave which has been made accessible to the public for guided visits.
Trail stairs in Mammoth Cave, United States
An artificial complex illumination in Reed Flute Cave, China
Color-highlighted ice in Kungur Ice Cave, Russia
Lighting in Manjanggul lava tube, Jeju, South Korea