Worlds below Missouri: Exploring the thousands of caves and sinkholes in the Show-Me State kcur.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kcur.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Missouri is unusually fertile ground for sinkholes and caves, thanks to its landscape. The Show-Me State is home to the second most caves in the country.
Five Mehlville High School students were recently given the opportunity to explore and clean graffiti in Cliff Cave County Park in Oakville as part of a student council and AP human geography trip. Human geography teacher Dan Lamping, an experienced caver and president of the Missouri Speleological Survey, first organized the annual trip in 2013.