Iowa priest fulfilled 42-year vow by building one of world's largest stone grottos

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The Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, Iowa, was built by Father Dobberstein after he made a promise during a serious bout of pneumonia as a young seminarian. Construction of the monumental stone structure spanned an extraordinary 42 years. More than 100 train carloads of geological materials were used in building the grotto. Today, it stands as a celebrated historic landmark and is recognized as one of the largest man-made grottos in the world.

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