The Rudolph Grotto Gardens is a religious site in Rudolph, Wisconsin. It features ornamental and devotional artificial grottoes, including the Wonder Cave, an above-ground tunnel constructed of vernacular stone in the twentieth century by Father Philip Wagner and Edmund Rybicki. The site contains twenty-six shrines and is covered with gardens and paths.[1] The Father Wagner Memorial Museum is also on the site.

Father Wagner Memorial Museum
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LocationRudolph, Wisconsin
Coordinates44°29′56″N 89°48′07″W / 44.499°N 89.802°W / 44.499; -89.802
TypeHistory Museum
WebsiteRudolph Grotto Gardens
St. Jude's Chapel above the Wonder Cave at the Rudolph Grotto Gardens

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The Grotto Gardens are 7.5 acres of land containing a number large number of plants, notably hostas as well as religious shrines including the stations of the cross. A 78-ton rock was excavated by volunteers and raised to ground level by the local government to form part of a patriotic memorial at the site.

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