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Although more than 5,600 caves twist through the Texas underbelly, the Balcones Fault running between Austin and San Antonio houses most of the immense caverns in Texas, all hidden beneath the rolling Texas Hill Country landscape. Why do we seem to have such a strange fascination with underground caverns and caves? Do they offer a glance into another mysterious underworld? Let’s explore the top 11 otherworldly caverns and caves with unique, centuries-old formations and learn the role caverns play in our ecosystem.