The Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman Alabama was created not by Brother Joseph Zoettel, a simple man, a monk in St. Bernard Abbey praying & keeping the furnaces supplied with coal to provide power. And somehow he found another kind of power within him
Still excavating, history can be sad :( but one of the most amazing sites I've walked through! Also lol @ ancient red light district! Ruins of % #Pompeii #italy 2009 and again July 2014 ;)