Horse Cave & Cave City

We stayed at an Airbnb in the small town of Horse Cave, located about 30 minutes from Mammoth Cave (a distance we were very familiar with after our mad dash to the Visitor Center to catch our last tour). Horse Cave is a small but quaint town, and the place we stayed that was on the edge of town. Literally - on one side of us were houses, and the other side was a vast field.



The area around Mammoth Cave is littered with caves, including one right in the middle of Horse Cave.



Just down the road is the small town of Cave City, which has long been the gateway town for visitors to Mammoth Cave. There are a lot of old motels here, including Wigwam Village No. 2.



This old motel was built in 1932, and features 15 teepee shaped cabins. They are centered around a larger teepee that once served as a restaurant.





This is one of seven Wigwam Villages that were built across the country. The first was just up the road in Horse Cave (which has since been torn down). There were others in Louisiana, Alabama and Florida (which have also since been torn down). There are two Wigwam Villages still standing, both along Route 66. One is in San Bernadino, CA, and the other in Holbrook, AZ.





And just down the road there was this weathered old motel sign for the aptly named Cave Land Motel: