Special lighting made these formations come to life, made me think stairways and wedding cakes.

The ribbon style formations created some unusual shapes at towering heights.

Eons of water can create some pretty spectacular formations.

This formation reminded me of the ruins we saw on vacation in Rome, Italy.

This particular formation reminded me of the striation found in some types of plank wood.

Some of the formations are damaged from the first owner and tour guide allowing tourists to break off pieces of stalagmites and stalactites as souvenirs.

This ribbon-like effect is found throughout the cavern.

Many of these beautiful formations are only reached by sliding along the bottom of the cavern on your rear end, crawling on your hands and knees or climbing uneven steps that are very, very slippery.

This bisected stalagmite is more than five inches in diameter.

After climbing straight up over 380 feet to reach the entrance of the cavern, sliding on our bottoms, crawling on our hands and knees and climbing up again over some slippery terrain, the exit hallway is still the eeriest part of the entire day.