North Carolina’s only public cavern that offers official tours is a wonderland of odd twists, turns, formations, and colorful spectacles – all found deep within the recesses of Humpback Mountain. Oddly enough, each year millions of people drive right over top of Linville Caverns without realizing it because the Blue Ridge Parkway crosses the eastern slope of Humpback Mountain.

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Tickets are sold on-site only. Find more information, see the official website for Linville Caverns.

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Even though the official address for Linville Caverns is in Marion, the caverns is found within a 15-minute drive from another bucket list wonder in North Carolina: Linville Falls.

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