Among these recorded caves — 20 of which are open to the public — the Meramec Caverns are very popular with tourists. Located ...

For years, rumors have churned that a specific government surplus of the dairy product has been stored in a 3.2 million square foot cave system hidden beneath Springfield, Missouri. Sort of like ...

People might not believe it if they haven't been to Missouri, but the state, which is also known as the Cave State, is home to over 7,000 caves offering a plethora of breathtaking subterranean ...

What's False While some of the stockpiled cheese is stored in Missouri “caves,” these are largely underground warehouses specially designed for private companies to hold and age cheese.

Andrew M. Novaković, professor of agricultural economics at Cornell University, explains that Missouri’s cheese caverns were once enormous man-made caves that were dug for mining purposes.

MISSOURI – While Missouri is known as the “Show Me State,” it’s also been deemed the “Cave State” as there are around 7,500 caves, according to the Missouri Department of Natural ...

The escaped former police chief who murdered one person and raped another is familiar with the type of terrain that surrounds ...

Government cheese myths lie beneath the surface of Missouri cheese caves. gyro / Getty Images Picture it now: Hundreds of feet below the surface, converted limestone mines are home to thousands ...