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Springfield's most popular attraction is the only cave in which you ride in a tour vehicle, rather than walk.
Fantastic Caverns is a show cave located in Springfield, Missouri. Fantastic Caverns is the only cave in North America to offer a completely ride-through tour, which lasts 55 minutes and is held in a Jeep-drawn tram. The trams drive along the path left behind by an ancient underground river.
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Home to 450 animals representing 160 species. It is located northeast of the intersection of I-44 and Missouri Hwy. 13.
Very nostalgic.
Springfield's only independent movie theater. They show first-run documentaries, foreign films, and other independents that typically don't make it to smaller markets such as Springfield. They serve beer and wine as well.
Local lore.
Demonstration farm/petting zoo.
This is one of Springfield's greatest attributes. Great for kids and adults. The newest building even has a place where your can bicycle across a tightrope. This is also Springfield's first "green" building.