Crystal Cave

A Fantastic Underground Experience for the Whole Family Crystal Cave's guided tours will take you into our naturally preserved historic cave, which first opened to the public as a commercial show cave in 1893. You’ll enter this spectacular cave through the old iron gates from the original Springfield jail and walk into the cool underworld. The temperature inside the cave is a constant 59° fahrenheit. Once in the cave you will see many fantastic geological formations including stalagmites, stalactites, flowstone, and the rare helictites formations. Crystal Cave boasts many one-of-a-kind underground rooms that your tour guide will share with you, including where one of the original owners cultivated their mushroom gardens back in early 1900s.