Kartchner Caverns State Park in Benson, Arizona
Kartchner Caverns State Park is a natural cave-turned-state-landmark in Benson, Arizona. The caverns consist of 2.5 miles of passages full of Paleozoic speleothems, ancient stalactites and stalagmites, and wild animal life, all hidden beyond what was once a small sinkhole in the Whetstone Mountains. The caves were discovered in 1974 by Gary Tenen and Randy …