Bonne Terre means 'the good earth' in French, but it's what sits under the earth that draws visitors from all over the world to the little town south of St. Louis.
This mine is amazing! I can across it from Atlas Obscura looking for things to do in Missouri when I passed through. It's like a dream or fantasy movie setting. It's unbelievable that this huge cavern is below the streets of Bonne Terre, a fairly small, unassuming town. When I arrived, I drove right past it because I expected to see some kind of evidence from the outside, like a big mountain or something, silly me. The walking/boat tour is awesome even if you don't scuba dive, and I wish I did scuba dive, because this looks like an amazing place to dive.
I was raised in Bonne Terre mo. And I lived there until I was 31 and I moved off from there thank God that place is a shit hole since the prison got built IV been gone from Bonne Terre for 22 years now planning on never moving back that town can get swollowed by the mines for as I care.
Tell Marty and Richard i still have scuba pro pilot Octopus rig they sold me and big ass knife I am 70 dive master znd master dive diving in 40 countries worked many oil platforms I hope to here from marty are Richard
