The Crystal Shrine Grotto in Memphis, Tennessee, is a man-made cave like no other. In the 1930s, a businessman named Elliott Clovis Hinds sold his lucrative life insurance company so that he could build a memorial park that was slated to feature a visionary cave showcasing the beauty of nature and the life of Jesus Christ. Hinds enlisted a Mexican artist named Dionicio Rodriguez, who had perfected the art of making concrete look like natural wood. In the 1940s, sculptor David Day added several modernist sculptures of Jesus and other prominent Biblical figures. The Crystal Shrine Grotto’s luminous quartz walls, […]
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