The Rudolph Grotto Gardens is a religious site in

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. It features ornamental and devotional artificial

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es, including the Wonder Cave, an above-ground tunnel constructed of vernacular stone in the twentieth century by Father Philip Wagner and Edmund Rybicki. The site contains twenty-six shrines and is covered with gardens and paths.Wonder Cave
/ref> The Father Wagner Memorial Museum is also on the site.

Gardens

The Grotto Gardens are 7.5 acres of land containing a number large number of plants, notably

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s as well as religious shrines including the

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. A 78-ton rock was excavated by volunteers and raised to ground level by the local government to form part of a patriotic memorial at the site.

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Rudolph Grotto Gardens
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