Hang around long enough in Santa Barbara, the mystical mountainside coastal city known as the American Riviera, and someone will inevitably regale you with semi-true tales about the tunnels under ...

There is one very real subterranean attraction underneath State Street, though: a salt cave, said to be the largest of its kind in North America. Santa Barbara’s salt cave is not a natural phenomenon.

From cave kisses to albino creatures to crystal clear pools, caves and caverns are a unique world to discover for travelers.