Location: West Bend, IA
Status: Extant
Artist: Father Paul Dobberstein (1872-1954)
Built: 1912-1954
Materials: concrete, rock, minerals, glass, stalactites, stalagmites, petrified wood, Italian marble
Open to the public? Yes
Father Paul Dobberstein's Grotto of the Redemption is not only the first of it's kind in Iowa, but it remains (allegedly) the largest man made grotto found anywhere in the world.
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