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Rudolph, WI
Rudolph Grotto Gardens and Wonder Cave - Fr. Philip Wagner and Edmund Rybicki
Fr. Philip Wagner 1882-1959 and Edmund Rybicki 1916-1991
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Built: 1928 -
Father Philip J. Wagner & Edmund Rybicki - The Wonder Cave was built with a maze of walkways and a series of biblically inspired scenes made of sheets of tin with proverbs spelled out in pin-holes, backlit by colored lights. The grotto is on the parish grounds of St. Philip the Apostle Church.
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Bibliography:
On DVD - Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, "Takin' it to the Lakes," KCPT, Kansas City Public Television, 1997-2001.
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